constrict

Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹɪkt/

The English word “constrict” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)
To limit or restrict.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain.

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