constrict
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 of constrict
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Opposites for constrict
Other words from constrict
- non·con·strict·ed, adjective
- non·con·strict·ing, adjective
- un·con·strict·ed, adjective
- well-con·strict·ed, adjective
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How to use constrict in a sentence
Deep, unconstricted bedrock channels and basins with weak currents occur in mid-Bay and the west inlet.
Humpback Whales in Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska | United States Department of Commerce, Marine Mammal CommissionThe notochord is unconstricted, but the neural and haemal arches are well-developed, and the neural spines are long and slender.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe notochord is persistent and unconstricted, its sheath is membranous, but cartilaginous neural and haemal arches are developed.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe notochord remains permanently unconstricted and is enclosed in a chordal sheath, external to which is the skeletogenous layer.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe notochord is persistent and unconstricted, and the limbs are archipterygia.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for constrict
/ (kənˈstrɪkt) /
to make smaller or narrower, esp by contracting at one place
to hold in or inhibit; limit
Origin of constrict
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