constrict
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/icons/point.icon CONTRACT, SHRINK, CONDENSE, COMPRESS, CONSTRICT, DEFLATE mean to decrease in bulk or volume.
CONTRACT applies to a drawing together of surfaces or particles or a reduction of area or length.
e.g. caused her muscles to contract
SHRINK implies a contracting or a loss of material and stresses a falling short of original dimensions.
e.g. the sweater will shrink when washed
CONDENSE implies a reducing of something homogeneous to greater compactness without significant loss of content.
e.g. condense the essay into a paragraph
COMPRESS implies a pressing into a small compass and definite shape usually against resistance.
e.g. compressed cotton into bales
CONSTRICT implies a tightening that reduces diameter.
e.g. the throat is constricted by a tight collar
DEFLATE implies a contracting by reducing the internal pressure of contained air or gas.
e.g. deflate the balloon
verb with object
make narrower, especially by encircling pressure:
…を締めつける; 〈喉など〉を詰まらせる; 〈血管など〉を収縮させる.
e.g. chemicals that constrict the blood vessels.
no object become narrower:
〈喉などが〉詰まる; 〈血管などが〉収縮する.
e.g. he felt his throat constrict.
(of a snake) coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it:
e.g. boas constrict and suffocate their prey.
inhibit or restrict:
〈人･活動など〉を制限する, 抑制する
e.g. the fear and the reality of crime constrict many people's lives.
DERIVATIVES
constrictive |kənˈstriktiv| adjective
ORIGIN
mid 18th century: from Latin constrict- ‘bound tightly together’, from the verb constringere (see constrain).