A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
To strangle or choke someone.
A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction
A vacuum tube.
A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
One of the leaves of a folding-door, or a window-sash.
To control (flow) by means of a valve.