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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
throat
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 throat
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
sore
▪ Severe sore throats persisting more than a day or two in a young child without signs of improvement.
▪ Four months after the show opened in October 1995, she missed 10 performances because of a sore throat and cough.
▪ If you have a sore throat, are you blocking communication?
▪ GUHgl-MUHgl n. A folk remedy for sore throats and colds.
▪ This remedy may come up after a Belladonna sore throat has gone down on the chest.
▪ Performances had to be canceled when she had a sore throat.
▪ Take as an example a simple sore throat.
▪ He was 15 and had gone to the doctor with a sore throat.
white
▪ Black cap, white throat and grasshopper warbler had been sighted.
▪ Male has largely uniform upperparts, yellow throat and blue-grey band through eye; female markedly spotted, with much whiter throat.
▪ Winter adult and immature also have white cheeks and throat, immature's bill much less stout.
▪ Plumage greyish-brown, becoming more rufous towards S of range; male with distinctive black-bordered white throat.
▪ Slowly, with both hands, Lili picked it up and held it to her white throat.
▪ Juvenile has buff underparts and white throat and eyestripe.
■ NOUN
cut
▪ There's always a goat; the one that's going to get its throat cut.
▪ The hen was taken out of the cage, held up and its throat cut.
▪ He'd been beaten and his throat cut.
infection
▪ Last year in London's Kilburn National he gargled his way through an entire set with a bad throat infection.
▪ Goizueta had been released from the hospital Sept. 22 but was re-admitted last week because of a bacterial throat infection.
▪ This complete category of woe would suggest a bacterial throat infection needing antibiotics.
▪ Indeed, he was a sickly child, succumbing with monotonous regularity to ear and throat infections.
▪ Laura has a strain and Grant a throat infection.
▪ Once in a while some one has such a severe throat infection that they form a large boil behind the tonsils.
■ VERB
catch
▪ Something was beginning to happen to her, an excitement, a wildness that caught her by the throat.
▪ The bone continued to catch in his throat.
▪ There was nothing caught in her throat, absolutely, guaranteed.
▪ The big man turned and came fast towards Holly and caught his throat.
▪ Startled, she jerked backwards, her breath catching in her throat.
clear
▪ Fenn cleared his throat, wishing his head could be cleared as easily.
▪ Edelstein cleared his throat and looked at Lleland.
▪ At last, when there was a brief pause, Woodruffe cleared his throat.
▪ His mustache twitched; he cleared his throat, but said nothing.
▪ Mrs Browning put down her teacup and cleared her throat.
▪ He coughed to clear his throat of the taste of the smoke.
▪ Right at her ear, it seemed, a man cleared his throat.
cutting
▪ At times I felt like cutting my throat as the depression conjured up by the story spilled over into the auditorium.
▪ The speedway turns are to compensate for his not decking the man on the spot and cutting his scrawny throat.
▪ If he were in the very act of cutting his own throat, how could Harry have stopped him?
▪ For to rob a person of her virtue is worse than cutting her throat.
▪ And suppose he can obtain his desire, is that so bad as cutting her throat?
▪ The dragonrider forgot himself enough to nod, and came within a quarter-inch of cutting his own throat.
feel
▪ Before she could turn she felt something about her throat.
▪ But I am not stupid, Flora thought, as she felt her throat constrict and blood thunder in her ears.
▪ Jessamy could feel her throat going dry, and forced herself to swallow.
▪ At times I felt like cutting my throat as the depression conjured up by the story spilled over into the auditorium.
▪ Anne felt fingers in her throat, squeezing hard.
▪ She could feel her throat drying a little from nerves.
▪ Potter felt his throat run dry.
▪ She felt for her throat and touched tender tissue.
force
▪ Torrents of lava would not tumble out to force fire down his throat, torch his tongue.
▪ The agents poured pepper sauce down their nostrils, or forced water down their throats.
▪ Was she trying to force that alien throat and ovipositor of a tongue to master human words?
▪ The clearly necessary tax increases required to pay for unification are now being forced down very unprepared throats.
grab
▪ She reached for the.38 jammed into her waistband, trying to pull it free as Stark grabbed for her throat.
▪ He then grabs his throat with both hands, as if suddenly choking, closes his eyes and pretends to lose consciousness.
▪ I wanted to grab people by the throat and confront them with this terrible situation that was being allowed to continue.
▪ I wanted to leap across his desk and grab him by the throat.
▪ I slide my knee to the side, grab his throat with my right hand, and squeeze.
▪ He grabbed her by the throat and threatened to kick her.
jump
▪ Alexandra took a step back, a lurch of fear jumping up her throat again.
ram
▪ His teeth were even and white, and Bernice wanted to ram them down his throat.
▪ Jess felt like ramming it down his throat.
▪ I don't want it ramming down my throat.
▪ They try to ram down the throat of the public what the public quite rightly does not want.
▪ But when it was rammed down their throats it became a battle, and the manager lost.
rise
▪ Surprised for the second time, Merrill nodded, swallowing the lump which had unexpectedly risen in her throat.
▪ As soon as he felt the sun, the urge rose in his throat.
▪ The thought sent a chill of anguish lapping round her heart, puncturing her anger, making tears rise in her throat.
▪ A gurgle rose in his throat.
▪ She felt a bubble of hysteria rising in her throat and took a deep breath.
▪ I had a bit of a headache and from time to time felt nausea rising in my throat.
▪ The boy swallowed the lump that had risen to his throat.
▪ A sound, the barest whisper of something that might have been a moan, rose in her throat.
shove
▪ But my brokers were complaining that I was shoving them down their throats.
▪ They sit still as cameras are shoved down their throats.
slash
▪ He had been a young man, quite personable until some one slashed his throat.
slit
▪ At the start of every season, the club used to slaughter a sheep on the pitch by slitting its throat.
▪ The international airline business is a fiercely combative arena, where competitors enjoy nothing more than slitting each other's throats.
▪ He was standing at the window of an empty compartment, laughing, as he made the gesture of slitting his throat.
▪ It even gets a touch gory when Russell comes over all Rambo and starts slitting throats.
▪ Gregory, 20, denies murdering Marion Rilka, 51, by slitting her throat in a robbery attempt at her home.
stick
▪ Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
▪ Now he toppled over backward with the weapon stuck upright in his throat.
▪ Swallow, something sticking in my throat.
▪ It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
▪ While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
▪ The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a catch in your voice/throat
▪ With a catch in his voice, Dan told her how proud he was.
a lump in/to sb's throat
▪ Even the Station Commander had a lump in his throat.
▪ For a moment she said nothing, she just swallowed as if there were a lump in her throat.
▪ Kathleen swallowed a lump in her throat, Ben coughed discreetly and Jack busied himself at the X-ray box.
▪ Melanie felt a lump in her throat; it was a touching and whole-hearted welcome.
▪ That thought brought a lump to my throat, tears to my eyes.
▪ There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features.
▪ When she finished Charlie found that he had a lump in his throat.
clear your throat
▪ Fenn cleared his throat, wishing his head could be cleared as easily.
▪ He cleared his throat and laid his finger along his nose.
▪ He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk.
▪ Hearst interjected, clearing his throat loudly.
▪ She cleared her throat, and looked at the Lakshmi again.
▪ She taps on the desk with an inverted pencil and clears her throat.
▪ Then Bette flounced up and cleared her throat nervously.
▪ Threlfall cleared his throat loudly before turning.
cut your own throat
▪ It would be silly to give up your job now -- you'd just be cutting your own throat.
▪ You would be cutting your own throat by refusing to accept their generous offer.
▪ To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
have a frog in your throat
jump down sb's throat
▪ I was just asking a question. You don't have to jump down my throat!
ram sth down sb's throat
▪ His teeth were even and white, and Bernice wanted to ram them down his throat.
▪ Jess felt like ramming it down his throat.
stick in sb's throat
▪ When the time came to say "I do," the words stuck in my throat.
▪ Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
▪ It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
▪ Swallow, something sticking in my throat.
▪ The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
▪ While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
stick in sb's throat/gullet
▪ Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
▪ It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
▪ Now sheer monotony makes it stick in the gullet like sawdust.
▪ Swallow, something sticking in my throat.
▪ The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
▪ While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Does your throat hurt?
▪ The attacker grabbed Siegel by the throat and refused to let go.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He became vast and covered me, covered my face, his hideous throat working.
▪ I opened my mouth and felt the scalds on the mucous membrane inside my throat.
▪ Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat.
▪ She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat, as Nellie's face appeared at the door.
▪ The sedative effects of alcohol cause the throat muscle to relax too much and also interfere with the involuntary awakening mechanisms.
▪ Their throats had been punctured and their blood drained.
▪ Williams cleared his throat, made a few introductory remarks about the occasion.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Throat

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.]

  1. (Anat.)

    1. The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.

    2. Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.

      I can vent clamor from my throat.
      --Shak.

  2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

  3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
    --Gwilt.

  4. (Naut.)

    1. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

    2. That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

    3. The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
      --Totten.

  5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.

  6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

    Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to the mast.

    Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of the gaff.

    Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.

    To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly of lying abominably.

    To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.

Throat

Throat \Throat\, v. t.

  1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [Obs.]
    --Chapman.

  2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
throat

Old English þrote (implied in þrotbolla "the Adam's apple, larynx," literally "throat boll"), related to þrutian "to swell," from Proto-Germanic *thrut- (cognates: Old High German drozza, German Drossel, Old Saxon strota, Middle Dutch strote, Dutch strot "throat"), of uncertain origin. Italian strozza "throat," strozzare "to strangle" are Germanic loan-words. College slang for "competitive student" is 1970s, from cutthroat.

Wiktionary
throat

n. The front part of the neck. vb. 1 (context obsolete English) To utter in the throat; to mutter. 2 (context UK dialect obsolete English) To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

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WordNet
throat

  1. n. the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone [syn: pharynx]

  2. an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

  3. a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney";

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Wikipedia
Throat

In vertebrate anatomy, the throat is the anterior part of the neck, positioned in front of the vertebra. It contains the pharynx and larynx. An important section of it is the epiglottis, which is a flap separating the esophagus from the trachea (windpipe) preventing food and drink being inhaled into the lungs. The throat contains various blood vessels, pharyngeal muscles, the nasopharyngeal tonsil, the tonsils, the palatine uvula, the trachea, the esophagus, and the vocal cords. Mammal throats consist of two bones, the hyoid bone and the clavicle. The "throat" is sometimes thought to be synonymous for the isthmus of the fauces.

It works with the mouth, ears and nose, as well as a number of other parts of the body. Its pharynx is connected to the mouth, allowing speech to occur, and food and liquid to pass down the throat. It is joined to the nose by the nasopharynx at the top of the throat, and to ear by its Eustachian tube. The throat's trachea carries inhaled air to the bronchi of the lungs. The esophagus carries food through the throat to the stomach. Adenoids and tonsils help prevent infection and are composed of lymph tissue. The larynx contains vocal cords, the epiglottis (preventing food/liquid inhalation), and an area known as the subglottic larynx—the narrowest section of the upper part of the throat. In the larynx, the vocal cords consist of two membranes that act according to the pressure of the air.

The Jugulum is a low part of the throat, located slightly above the breast. The term Jugulum is reflected both by the internal and external jugular veins, which pass through the Jugulum.

Throat (disambiguation)

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 pharyngis
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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.