Constrict meaning

kən-strĭkt'

To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp.

Lives constricted by poverty.

verb

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

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

verb

To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.

verb

To squeeze or compress.

verb

To become constricted.

verb

To make smaller or narrower, esp. at one place, by binding, squeezing, or shrinking; contract.

verb

To hold in; limit; restrict.

verb

To narrow, especially by applying pressure.

verb

Latin cōnstringere cōnstrict- to compress constrain

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin prefix con-, "with", + strictus, past participle of stringere.

From Wiktionary

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