constrict

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹɪkt/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪkt

Verb edit

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

(transitive, intransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)
(figurative) To limit or restrict.
Synonym: inhibit

Derived terms edit

reconstrict

Related terms edit

Translations edit

to narrow

Bulgarian: свивам (bg) (svivam), стягам (bg) (stjagam), стеснявам (bg) (stesnjavam)
Czech: zúžit
Danish: indsnævre
Finnish: puristaa (fi), supistaa (fi), kuristaa (fi), surkastaa
German: einengen (de), verengen (de)
Irish: crap
Latin: praestringō
Macedonian: сте́гне (stégne), сте́сни (stésni)
Old Church Slavonic: гнести (gnesti)
Portuguese: constringir (pt)
Turkish: daralmak (tr), sıkışmak (tr)

References edit

“constrict”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“constrict”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.