Constrict

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.
  • v. To squeeze or compress.
  • v. To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp: lives constricted by poverty.
  • verb-intransitive. To become constricted.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To narrow, especially by applying pressure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To draw together in any part or at any point by internal force or action; contract; cause shrinkage or diminution of bulk, volume, or capacity in: as, to constrict a canal or a duet.
  • To compress in one part by external force; squeeze; bind; cramp.
  • Same as constricted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. squeeze or press together
  • v. become tight or as if tight
  • Antonym
    free    enlarge    distend    inflate   
    Verb Form
    Cross Reference
    confine    narrow    constrain   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bind    cramp    squeeze    compress    contract    astrict    astringe    constringe    constraint    strangulate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    addict    afflict    clicked    conflict    contradict    convict    depict    evict    handpicked    inflict   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clench    contort    claustrophobic    unsteady    taut    congested    light-headed    cramp    ill-lit    husky