constricting

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con·strict

(kən-strĭkt′)

v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts

v.tr.

1. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.

2. To squeeze or compress.

3. To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp: lives constricted by poverty.

v.intr.

To become constricted.

[Latin cōnstringere, cōnstrict-, to compress; see constrain.]

con·stric′tive adj.

con·stric′tive·ly adv.

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constricting

(kənˈstrɪktɪŋ)

adj

(Clothing & Fashion) (of a garment) tight

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Adj.

constricting - (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

constrictive, narrowing

narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"

Translations

constricting

[kənˈstrɪktɪŋ] ADJ [dress, ideology] → estrecho

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