"constrict" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kənˈstɹɪkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-constrict.wav [Southern-England] Forms: constricts [present, singular, third-person], constricting [participle, present], constricted [participle, past], constricted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪkt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*streyg-}}, {{bor|en|la|cōnstrictus||compressed, contracted}} Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), {{m|la|cōnstringō||to draw or bind together; to compress}} cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”), {{doublet|en|constrain}} Doublet of constrain Head templates: {{en-verb}} constrict (third-person singular simple present constricts, present participle constricting, simple past and past participle constricted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to narrow): свивам (svivam) (Bulgarian), стягам (stjagam) (Bulgarian), стеснявам (stesnjavam) (Bulgarian), zúžit (Czech), indsnævre (Danish), puristaa (Finnish), supistaa (Finnish), kuristaa (Finnish), surkastaa (Finnish), einengen (German), verengen (German), crap (Irish), praestringō (Latin), сте́гне (stégne) (Macedonian), сте́сни (stésni) (Macedonian), гнести (gnesti) (Old Church Slavonic), constringir (Portuguese), daralmak (Turkish), sıkışmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-constrict-en-verb-2nM2wGfD Disambiguation of 'to narrow': 100 0 0
  2. To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)
    Sense id: en-constrict-en-verb-DRkHGCnB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with con-, Old Church Slavonic terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 87 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 91 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with con-: 17 56 27 Disambiguation of Old Church Slavonic terms with redundant transliterations: 1 96 3
  3. (figurative) To limit or restrict. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: inhibit
    Sense id: en-constrict-en-verb-Vss59L-F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: reconstrict Related terms: constraint, constriction, constrictor, restrict, strict

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to narrow",
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