constrict

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
  2. To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)
  3. (figuratively) To limit or restrict.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/kənˈstɹɪkt/
Etymologie (Engels)

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

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