"constrict" meaning in English

See constrict in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kənˈstrɪkt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-constrict.wav [UK] Forms: constrict [canonical], constricts [third-person, singular], constricted [past], constricted [past, participle], constricting [present, participle]
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  1. If you constrict something, you make it narrower by appling pressure.
    Sense id: simple-constrict-en-verb-i358hbw6
     
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