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constrict

/kənˈstɹɪkt/

constrict verb: to narrow, especially by application of pressure.

Verb

constrict (third-person singular simple present constricts, present participle constricting, simple past and past participle constricted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
    • constrict the airway
    • constrict blood vessels
  2. To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)
    • The snake began to constrict its prey.
  3. (figuratively) To limit or restrict.
    Synonyms:
    inhibit

constrict meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

constrict in Tamil

சுருக்கு, குறுக்கு

constrict in Urdu

بھیچنا, تنگ بنانا

constrict in Bengali

সীমাবদ্ধ, নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা

constrict in Malayalam

tighten, narrow, make narrower
സങ്കോചിപ്പിക്കുക, ചെറുതാക്കുക, നിയന്ത്രിക്കുക, കുടുസ്സാക്കുക, ഇടുക്കുക, കൂടുതൽ ഇടുങ്ങിയതാക്കുക
limit, restrict, impede
നിയന്ത്രിക്കുക, അതിർവരയ്ക്കുള്ളിൽ നിർത്തുക, തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുക, പരിമിതപ്പെടുത്തുക, മുടക്കുക, വിലക്കുക
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constrict in Kannada
ಅಗಲಕಿರಿದಾಗಿಸು, ಎಲ್ಲೆಕಟ್ಟು, ಕಿರಿದಾಗಿಸು, ಕುಗ್ಗಿಸು

Examples of constrict in a sentence

  • So far as I’m concerned, because they’re largely unhelpful, pointlessly constricting, feckless, and useless.
  • It progresses then because existing metaphysical doctrines are felt to be constricting frameworks, and thus unsatisfactory.
  • Some tokens were highly constricted and others were more weakly rhotic.

All 20 example sentences with constrict

Synonyms of constrict

Forms of constrict

third-person singular presentconstricts
present participleconstricting
past participleconstricted
pastconstricted

Past tense of constrict: constricted

Origin of constrict

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain.

Words formed from constrict

Words that rhyme with constrict

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Questions about constrict

What does constrict mean?
Constrict means to narrow, especially by application of pressure.
What is constrict in Tamil?
Constrict in Tamil is சுருக்கு, குறுக்கு. See Constrict meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is constrict?
Constrict is a verb.
How do you pronounce constrict?
Constrict is pronounced /kənˈstɹɪkt/.
What is the past tense of constrict?
The past tense of constrict is constricted.

Words near constrict in the dictionary

  1. constraint cluster
  2. constraint clusters
  3. constraintive
  4. constraintless
  5. constraints
  6. constrict
  7. constricted
  8. constrictedness
  9. constricteth
  10. constricting
  11. constriction

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: constrict (page history and authors); constrict (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); constrict (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); constrict (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); constrict (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); constrict (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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