Throat
[θrəʊt] or [θrot]
Definition
(noun.) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat.
(noun.) a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; 'the throat of the vase'; 'the throat of a chimney';.
(noun.) an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep.
(noun.) the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone.
Typist: Willie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
(n.) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
(n.) A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
(n.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
(n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
(n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
(n.) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
(n.) The inside of a timber knee.
(n.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
(v. t.) To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
(v. t.) To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
Typist: Theodore
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pharynx, swallow, gullet, œsophagus.
Checker: Phelps
Definition
n. the forepart of the neck in which are the gullet and windpipe: an entrance: a narrow part of anything: (naut.) the widened and hollowed end of a gaff next the mast—opp. to Peak the outer end.—ns. Throat′-band -strap -latch a band about the throat; Throat′-bolt an eye-bolt to which to hook the throat-halyards.—n.pl. Throat′-brails those which are attached to the gaff for trussing up the sail close to the gaff as well as the mast.—adj. Throat′ed with a throat of a specified kind.—n.pl. Throat′-hal′yards those for hoisting the throat of a gaff.—adj. Throat′y formed in the throat guttural in sound.—Clergyman's sore throat an affection commonly arising from too prolonged or powerful exercise of the voice by persons in whom the mucous membrane of the throat is in a relaxed condition; Cut one's own or another's throat to pursue some course ruinous to one's own or to another's interests; Give one the lie in his throat to accuse one to his face of a lie.
Checker: Melva
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing a well-developed and graceful throat, portends a rise in position. If you feel that your throat is sore, you will be deceived in your estimation of a friend, and will have anxiety over the discovery.
Typed by Eliza
Examples
- It's up my nose, and down my throat, and in my wind-pipe. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I ran back for a light and there was the poor fellow, a great gash in his throat and the whole place swimming in blood. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I always thought this was business, this was the way to confront the thing, this was the way to take the foe by the throat. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And with that I commenced to bend him back across my knee and tighten my grip upon his throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- By the dead hands at my throat but he shall die, Bar Comas. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- We should have everybody cutting everybody else's throat in five minutes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The something that I had noticed before, clicked in the man's throat again, and he turned his back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was the cry of the kill from the throat of the man who has just saved your life, Miss Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Laughing and chattering like the idiot I was fast becoming I fell upon his prostrate form my fingers feeling for his dead throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Would he wrap it about his throat--his head? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Don't cut my throat, sir, I pleaded in terror. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Then she was dragged toward those awful fangs which yawned at her throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But the power of expression failed her suddenly; she felt a tremor in her throat, and two tears gathered and fell slowly from her eyes. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He caught me first by the wrist and then by the throat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His name is Pietro Venucci, from Naples, and he is one of the greatest cut-throats in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped cravats about our throats. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- JAMES HARTHOUSE THE Gradgrind party wanted assistance in cutting the throats of the Graces. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- At sight of us a shout of rage went up from a hundred throats. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He said it was dead, and looked at Heinrich and Minna, who have sore throats. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- His determination to cram down their throats, or put 'bodily into their souls' his own words, elicits a cry of horror from Socrates. Plato. The Republic.
Checker: Maryann