"constrict" meaning in English

See constrict in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kənˈstɹɪkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-constrict.wav 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”), {{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), صیقمق (sıkmak) (Ottoman Turkish), constringir (Portuguese), daralmak (Turkish), sıkışmak (Turkish), sıkmak (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)
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  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: constrictive, hyperconstrict, nonconstricting, reconstrict, unconstrict, vasoconstrict Related terms: constraint, constriction, constrictor, restrict, strict

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to narrow",
      "word": "daralmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to narrow",
      "word": "sıkışmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to narrow",
      "word": "sıkmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sıkmak",
      "sense": "to narrow",
      "word": "صیقمق"
    }
  ],
  "word": "constrict"
}

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