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To constrict is to become narrower at one place, or to make something narrower or more restrictive.

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When your throat begins to close up because of an allergic reaction, this is an example of a time when your throat constricts.

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transitive verb

to make smaller or narrower, esp. at one place, by binding, squeezing, or shrinking; contract
to hold in; limit; restrict

Origin: < L constrictus, pp. of constringere: see constrain

Related Forms:

constrictive adjective

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verb con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts

verb, transitive

To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.
To squeeze or compress.
To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp: lives constricted by poverty.

verb, intransitive

To become constricted.

Origin:

Origin: Latin cōnstringere, cōnstrict-, to compress; see constrain

Related Forms:

con·stricˈtive adjective

con·stricˈtive·ly adverb

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