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adjective
- 1. narrowed, especially by encircling pressure: "constricted air passages"
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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.
to limit an action or behaviour: Too many rules had constricted her lifestyle. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to limit an action or behavior: 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.
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.
1. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing. 2. To squeeze or compress. 3. To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp: lives constricted by poverty. v.intr. To become constricted. [Latin cōnstringere, cōnstrict-, to compress; see constrain .] con·stric′tive adj. con·stric′tive·ly adv.
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.
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]
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.
