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- Dictionaryconstricted/kənˈstrɪktɪd/
adjective
- 1. narrowed, especially by encircling pressure: "constricted air passages"
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to limit an action or behaviour: Too many rules had constricted her lifestyle.
1. a. : to make narrow or draw together. Smoking constricts blood vessels. b. : compress, squeeze. constrict a nerve. These shoes are too small and they constrict my feet. 2. : to stultify, stop, or cause to falter : inhibit. The expectation of violence constricts our lives. Marge Piercy. intransitive verb. : to become constricted.
to limit an action or behaviour: Too many rules had constricted her lifestyle. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress. Synonyms: tighten, bind, squeeze, cramp. Antonyms: expand. to slow or stop the natural course or development of: Greed and aggressiveness constricted the nation's cultural life. constrict. / kənˈstrɪkt / verb. to make smaller or narrower, esp by contracting at one place.
to become tighter and narrower, or to make something become tighter and narrower: He hated wearing a tie - he felt it constricted his breathing. When you're dancing, you don't want to wear anything that constricts your movements. The drug causes the blood vessels to constrict. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Squeezing and grinding.
If something is constricted, it's squeezed or inhibited in some way. If your neck is constricted by turtleneck sweaters, you might feel more comfortable in a sweatshirt. There are a couple of different ways to be constricted.
2 meanings: 1. to make smaller or narrower, esp by contracting at one place 2. to hold in or inhibit; limit.... Click for more definitions.
To constrict is to squeeze uncomfortably. If your new turtleneck sweater constricts your neck, the sweater is probably too small. When things constrict, they become narrow or make something else become narrow.
verb. /kənˈstrɪkt/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] to become tighter or narrower; to make something tighter or narrower. Her throat constricted and she swallowed hard. constrict something a drug that constricts the blood vessels. Take your English to the next level.
constrict. ( kənˈstrɪkt) vb ( tr) 1. to make smaller or narrower, esp by contracting at one place. 2. to hold in or inhibit; limit. [C18: from Latin constrictus compressed, from constringere to tie up together; see constrain]
