CONSTRICT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster contract, shrink, condense, compress, constrict, deflate mean to decrease in bulk or volume contract applies to a drawing together of surfaces or particles or a reduction of area or length shrink implies a contracting or a loss of material and stresses a falling short of original dimensions
CONSTRICT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary He hated wearing a tie - he felt it constricted his breathing When you're dancing, you don't want to wear anything that constricts your movements The drug causes the blood vessels to constrict
CONSTRICT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If something constricts you, it limits your actions so that you cannot do what you want to do She objects to the tests the Government's advisers have devised because they constrict her teaching style [VERB noun]
Constrict - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com When things constrict, they become narrow or make something else become narrow A boa constrictor kills its prey when it constricts the animal's body until it can no longer breathe, and a necktie that's tied too tightly constricts your neck
Constricts - definition of constricts by The Free Dictionary Define constricts constricts synonyms, constricts pronunciation, constricts translation, English dictionary definition of constricts cause to contract or shrink; to draw in; compress; to slow the natural course of: Too many rules can constrict a child’s development