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- 1. make narrower, especially by encircling pressure: "chemicals that constrict the blood vessels" Similar Opposite
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CONSTRICT definition: 1. to become tighter and narrower, or to make something become tighter and narrower: 2. to limit…. Learn more.
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 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.
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense constricts , present participle constricting , past tense, past participle constricted. 1. verb. If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.
CONSTRICT meaning: 1. to become tighter and narrower, or to make something become tighter and narrower: 2. to limit…. Learn more.
Constrict definition: to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.. See examples of CONSTRICT used in a sentence.
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.
Definition of constrict verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. constricted, constricting, constricts. To make smaller or narrower, esp. at one place, by binding, squeezing, or shrinking; contract. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To squeeze or compress. American Heritage. To hold in; limit; restrict. Webster's New World.
CONSTRICT definition: 1. to limit someone's freedom to do what they want to or be the way they want to: 2. to become…. Learn more.
