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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Constrict \Con*strict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constricted}; p. pr & vb n. {Constricting}.] [L. constrictus p. p. of constringere See {Constrain}.] To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. --Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction serves to constrict. --Todd & Bowman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Constricted \Con*strict"ed\, a. 1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped. 2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: constricted adj 1: (phonetics) especially tense; especially in some dialects 2: drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life" [ant: {unconstricted}] 3: inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his first impulse is to move"
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