constrict
21constrict — con·strict || kÉ™n strɪkt v. compress, make smaller, tighten …
22constrict — v. a. Cramp, contract, compress …
23constrict — verb (T) 1 to make something smaller, narrower, or tighter 2 to limit someone s freedom to do what they want: Poverty constricts people s choices. constricted adjective constriction noun (C, U) constrictive adjective …
24constrict — verb 1) fat constricts the blood vessels Syn: narrow, make narrower, tighten, compress, contract, squeeze, strangle, strangulate; archaic straiten Ant: expand, dilate 2) fear of crime constricts many people s lives …
25constrict — v 1. cramp, squeeze, tighten, pinch, Inf. tighten up on, Inf. put the squeeze on, strangle, strangulate, draw or press in, bind, wrap up, coarctate, straiten, constringe, compress, astringe; contract, shrink, narrow, reduce, decrease, diminish,… …
26constrict — con·strict …
27constrict — verb Syn: narrow, tighten, compress, contract, squeeze, strangle Ant: expand, dilate …
28constrict — [kənˈstrɪkt] verb formal 1) [T] to limit what someone is able or allowed to do 2) [I/T] to become smaller or narrower, or to make something do this constriction [kənˈstrɪkʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …
29constrict — con•strict [[t]kənˈstrɪkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to draw or press in; compress 2) to cause to contract or shrink 3) to slow or stop the natural course or development of 4) to become constricted • Etymology: 1725–35; < L constrīctus, constringere to… …
30constrict — /kənˈstrɪkt / (say kuhn strikt) verb (t) 1. to draw together; compress; cause to contract or shrink. 2. to restrict, or inhibit. {Latin constrictus, past participle, drawn together} –constricted, adjective …
