Definitions
1.verbTo cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
2.verbTo strangle or choke someone.
3.verbTo have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
4.verbTo breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
5.verbTo utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
6.nounThe temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise congestion.
7.nounReduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a heating or ventilation system.
8.nounReduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate restriction, device, structure or configuration.