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constrictcon‧strict /kənˈstrɪkt/ verb constrictOrigin: 1700-1800 Latin past participle of constringere; ➔ CONSTRAIN VERB TABLEconstrict |
Present | I, you, we, they | constrict | | he, she, it | constricts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | constricted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have constricted | | he, she, it | has constricted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had constricted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will constrict | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have constricted |
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Present | I | am constricting | | he, she, it | is constricting | | you, we, they | are constricting | Past | I, he, she, it | was constricting | | you, we, they | were constricting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been constricting | | he, she, it | has been constricting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been constricting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be constricting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been constricting |
- Avoid clothing that constricts the blood circulation in your legs.
- The law constricts people's choices about how to educate their children.
- But the drive to constrict the activities of minority religions is unlikely to have the desired result.
- He can have anything, but chooses to constrict his life.
- He pushed into the dry toothless mouth that constricted like the elastic cuff of a pajama sleeve.
- I wanted to help him, but I felt constricted, struggling against the limitations of understanding and language.
- Much heat in the head with all the headaches; bursting, constricting pains.
- The management options for the immediate future have been considerably constricted by recent developments.
- The process is constricted by three factors -- population, minority distribution and simple geography.
- Women's clothing was, of course, constricting, doubtless an aspect of this fashion to control the body.
NOUN► throat· She just stared at Anneliese, her throat constricted.· Lord, I screamed and ran, heart thudding, my throat so dry it constricted.· Again his throat constricted, was dry. 1[intransitive, transitive] to make something narrower or tighter, or to become narrower or tighter: Caffeine constricts the blood vessels in your body. Linda’s throat constricted and she started to cry.2[transitive] to limit someone’s freedom to do what they want SYN restrict: Fear of crime constricts many people’s lives.—constricted adjective—constriction /-ˈstrɪkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |