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The passage to the stomach and lungs
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throat
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Word definitions for throat in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Throat \Throat\ (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote, [thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle .] (Anat.) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. Hence, the passage through ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a throat/kidney etc infection ▪ He developed a severe throat infection. back/shoulder/throat etc spasm slit sb’s throat (= kill someone by cutting their throat ) sore throat ▪ I had a sore throat and aching limbs. strep ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The throat is the anterior part of the neck' Throat or Throats may also refer to: Corner at the front of the head of a four-sided sail Throat halyard , after that part of the sail it acts on Throat singing (disambiguation) "Lump in one's throat", see Globus ...
Usage examples of throat.
There are, furthermore, the accompanying symptoms of a coated tongue, bitter taste in the mouth, unpleasant eructations, scalding of the throat from regurgitation, offensive breath, sick headache, giddiness, disturbed sleep, sallow countenance, heart-burn, morbid craving after food, constant anxiety and apprehension, fancied impotency, and fickleness.
She was straining toward fulfillment, her muscles tightening, her throat hoarse and achy with the effort of controlling her screams.
Abruptly he saw how their escape from the Center was going to end: with him lying in the weeds with his throat slit, and Alleluia, kicking and screaming all the way, being dragged off somewhere for a night of gangbanging.
Long cleared his throat and met the same eyes almost angrily before he spoke to the secretary.
Men died in the thousands, gasping, each breath more improbable than the last, at furnace air, sucking final moments of anguished, dreamlike life through throats of charred wood.
A less common form of gastrointestinal anthrax causes a severe sore throat, fever, trouble swallowing, and, sometimes, ulcers in the mouth or back of the throat.
The firedrake gave an approving rumble, deep in his throat, and closed his eyes again.
Harruel was so astounded by what Sachkor had said and by the way he had said it that the words of his reply clotted in his throat.
Groping behind into the basket, the balloonist pulled out a musket and, before Hassan could even react to the sight, fired a load of shot that ripped Iman across the throat and chest.
The agony was almost physical, a hard ball that rose into his throat, threatening to choke him, and he lurched to the balustrade and was violently sick.
Angels who talk with Barger at Bass Lake must put their ears to the blowhole in his throat or read his written comments on a notepad.
The guard took his trident from the flier and backed away, spreading his arms out away from his body, baring his vulnerable stomach and throat to attack.
Captain Barker had plucked the napkin from his throat, caught up his sword from a chair, and was buckling on the belt in a tremendous hurry.
At the same moment, Josiah Bartram, with remarkable agility, caught Hurley Adams by the throat, and sent the lawyer spinning against the table in the corner.
I was embarrassed at the obvious depraved pleasure with which this miniaturist had drawn pictures of bastinados, beatings, crucifixions, hangings by the neck or the feet, hookings, impalings, firings from cannon, nailings, stranglings, the cutting of throats, feedings to hungry dogs, whippings, baggings, pressings, soakings in cold water, the plucking of hair, the breaking of fingers, the delicate flayings, the cutting off of noses and the removal of eyes.