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Constrict  v. t.  (past & past part. constricted; pres. part. constricting)  To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink. "Such things as constrict the fibers." "Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction serves to constrict."





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"Constrict" Quotes from Famous Books



... be left as free as possible by the clothes and especially is this true of the chest and waist line. Women sin much against themselves in this respect. Most of them find it absolutely necessary for their mental welfare to constrict the lower part of the chest and the waist line a great part of the time, for really it would not do to be out of fashion. The statue of Venus de Milo is generally considered to represent the highest form of female beauty and perfection ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker


Words linked to "Constrict" :   astringe, convulse, tighten, strangle, compact, gag, fret, scrag, compress, choke, constringe, prim, strangulate, narrow, squeeze, constriction, bear down, contract, press


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