constrict

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  1. transitive verb To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.
  2. transitive verb To squeeze or compress.
  3. transitive verb To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp: lives constricted by poverty.
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  • When credit began to constrict, demand for real estate and public REITs disappeared.
  • Blood vessels in the outer extremities constrict, lessening heat loss to the outside air. —  WLNE - News
  • Both drugs work by blocking a hormonal system that causes blood vessels to constrict, making it harder for blood to flow through the vessels and the heart's job more difficult. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • These are a party girl's clothes, and seeing as how they're made from mostly knits, they don't constrict your dancing addiction one bit. —  FiftyOne:FiftyOne
  • Too much cortisol will not allow your pupils to constrict and all of the light comes in and produces more cortisol and many symptoms. —  Tech Beat - BusinessWeek
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clench ·  contort ·  claustrophobic ·  unsteady ·  taut ·  congested ·  light-headed ·  cramp ·  ill-lit ·  husky ·  self-conscious ·  breathless

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constrict:   constricted ·  constricting
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin cōnstringere, cōnstrict-, to compress; see constrain.

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  1. from Latin constrictus, past participle of constringere, draw together: see constrain, constringe.
  2. from Latin constrictus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/kənˈstrɪkt/
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