verb - to advise or train someone, especially a younger or less experienced person
adverb - extremely or unpleasantly (used to emphasize)
verb - to suffocate or make unable to breathe properly
adjective - firm or compact, with no slack or looseness
adjective - tense or strained in appearance or manner
noun, technical - a point in a network, graph, or system where lines or pathways intersect or branch; a central or connecting point