āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
constrict
/kÉnstÉšËÉĒkt/
to constrict
01
āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to become less in size or width, creating a sensation of tightness
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The blood vessels are constricting in response to the cold weather.
āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to tighten, squeeze, or narrow down in order to reduce in size
Transitive: to constrict sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The surgeon constricted the blood vessel with surgical clips to control bleeding during the operation.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to restrict the things someone can or wants to do
Transitive: to constrict someone's freedoms or abilities
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Financial constraints constricted their ability to travel and explore new destinations.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
constricted
constricting
constriction
constrict
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
