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constrict

[kuhn-strikt]

verb (used with object)

to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.

to slow or stop the natural course or development of: Greed and aggressiveness constricted the nation's cultural life.

Origin:
1375–1425 for earlier past participle sense; 1725–35 for current senses; late Middle English < Latin constrīctus (past participle of constringere to draw together, tie up), equivalent to con- con- + strīc- (variant stem of stringere to tie; see strict) + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

non·con·strict·ed, adjective

non·con·strict·ing, adjective

un·con·strict·ed, adjective

well-con·strict·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1. cramp, squeeze, bind, tighten.

Antonyms
1. expand.

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Example Sentences

Preferably something that uncovers the arms and doesn't constrict the.

Increasing specialization has done more than anything else to constrict the boundaries of tinkering.

Unfortunately other arteries get affected and they start to constrict.

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Preferably something that uncovers the arms and doesn't constrict the.

Increasing specialization has done more than anything else to constrict the boundaries of tinkering.

Unfortunately other arteries get affected and they start to constrict.

Clots in the arteries constrict vital oxygen supplies and can cause a heart attack or stroke.

They've built levees that constrict the flow of rivers, forcing water to travel downstream faster.

Levees constrict a river's path and raise its water level, which causes higher, faster flow.

Greenhouses work because they constrict convection currents, which carry away the heat.

And do not wear clothes that constrict the waist or abdomen.

As the malignancy spreads, it may constrict the urethra and cause.

Preferably something that uncovers the arms and doesn't constrict the body.

Both substances constrict blood vessels and transmit nerve impulses.

Close this nation, cow it, constrict it and you unravel its magic.

The real advance in acute medications is that they are not designed to constrict blood vessels, as many current medications do.

Too much rule of law and transparency would constrict the ruling clique's own freedom of maneuver.

He is unconnected with the tired old fights that constrict our politics.

The muscle spasms may in turn constrict blood vessels, which contributes to the discomfort.

Other nerves constrict outlying blood vessels to reduce heat loss to the environment.

Banks will pay the whole thing one way or another, but the line will not constrict lending as much in the short term.

Eight of them also had a potentially fatal condition in which the arteries that supply blood to the lungs constrict.

Excessive pressure can constrict blood flow and cause nerve damage.

The blood vessels there constrict to help the blood return to the heart and stay in circulation.

She is worried about talk that the work-study program might constrict with the economy.

Miotics, also called cholinergic agonists, narrow the iris muscles and constrict the pupil.

Blood vessels in the lung constrict to force blood and oxygen through the circulatory system.

Medicated drops may make the children more sensitive to light because the pupil doesn't constrict.

Volvo had to make design concessions that constrict the trunk opening.

As the malignancy spreads, it may constrict the urethra and cause urinary problems.

The law of unintended consequences will always define the results of effort to constrict new technologies and devices.

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World English Dictionary

constrict (kənˈstrɪkt)

—vb
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]

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Word Origin & History

constrict

c.1400 (constriction), from L. constrictus, pp. of constringere "compress" (see constrain). A direct borrowing from L. of the same word which, via Fr., became constrain.

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Medical Dictionary

constrict con·strict (kən-strĭkt')
v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts
To make smaller or narrower especially by binding or squeezing.

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