Constrict
verb
To become narrower or tighter or make something narrower or tighter.
His throat constricted from fear.
Often appears as...
- constrict blood vessels
- constrict the airway
verb
To limit or restrict something.
Unfavourable economic conditions constrict trade.
Often appears as...
- constrict growth
- constrict opportunities
verb
To become narrower or tighter or make something narrower or tighter.
His throat constricted from fear.
Often appears as...
- constrict blood vessels
- constrict the airway
verb
To limit or restrict something.
Unfavourable economic conditions constrict trade.
Often appears as...
- constrict growth
- constrict opportunities
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Reaction
Used to describe involuntary reactions in living beings, often under stress or reaction to stimuli.
Seeing the snake, her muscles constricted involuntarily.
Pro Tip 2/3Expressing Tension
Connotes tension or pressure, physical or emotional, that results in narrowing or tightening.
The team felt their options constrict as time ran out.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Terminology
Often used in medical contexts to describe the tightening of muscles or blood vessels.
During an asthma attack, the bronchial tubes constrict.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Reaction
Used to describe involuntary reactions in living beings, often under stress or reaction to stimuli.
Seeing the snake, her muscles constricted involuntarily.
Pro Tip 2/3Expressing Tension
Connotes tension or pressure, physical or emotional, that results in narrowing or tightening.
The team felt their options constrict as time ran out.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Terminology
Often used in medical contexts to describe the tightening of muscles or blood vessels.
During an asthma attack, the bronchial tubes constrict.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Reaction
Used to describe involuntary reactions in living beings, often under stress or reaction to stimuli.
Seeing the snake, her muscles constricted involuntarily.
Pro Tip 2/3Expressing Tension
Connotes tension or pressure, physical or emotional, that results in narrowing or tightening.
The team felt their options constrict as time ran out.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Terminology
Often used in medical contexts to describe the tightening of muscles or blood vessels.
During an asthma attack, the bronchial tubes constrict.
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Why do some people snore...
because more tissue around the neck can constrict the airway. Many researchers see weight loss as a solution to obstructive sleep apnea. Certain behavioral shifts, like limiting your alcohol consumption before bed, elevating your head, and avoiding sleeping on your back may also help. For people who have a milder condition,
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Dave Isay: Everyone...
How else do you think your life would be different without them? I could do without things like cockroaches and snakes. Well, I'm okay with snakes as long as they're not venomous or constrict you or anything. Yeah, I'm not a big snake person -- But cockroach is just the insect we love to hate. Yeah, it really is.
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How your muscular system...
in a rhythmic cycle. That pumps blood through the smooth internal walls of blood vessels, enables the intestine to constrict and push food through the digestive system, and allows the uterus to contract when a person is giving birth. As muscles work, they also use energy and produce an important byproduct, heat.
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How blood pressure works...
A high-salt diet will lead to a similar result. The salt promotes water retention, and the extra fluid increases the blood volume and blood pressure, and stress, like the fight or flight response, releases hormones, like epinephrine and norepinephrine that constrict key vessels,
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Foot Fear PIPE National...
license or does being scared actually make the temperature of our Tootsie's head south the body's fight or flight response is triggered when we are afraid and that has a biochemical component to it in essence it reduces the flow of blood to the extremities by constricting
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What yoga does to your...
relax the muscles constricting those passageways and improve oxygen diffusion. Increasing the blood’s oxygen content is especially helpful for those with weak heart muscles who have difficulty pumping enough oxygen throughout the body. And for those with healthy hearts,
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Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
was dead very very sad either from constricting or from suffocation or not breathing with inside the body cavity of the Python so pythons are the means you know they do what they do when there's even cases in other parts of the world of
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Lifesaving Medicines...
between poisonous and venomous but so there you go everyone and however that being said was that sea snake venomous I think some pictures for you guys and it's only one of them is I think non-venomous snakes a boa constrictor
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How does chemotherapy...
Doctors commonly prescribe options to help manage these side-effects, such as strong anti-nausea medications. For hair loss, devices called cold caps can help lower the temperature around the head and constrict blood vessels,
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Strangled by a Boa...
then I might need a little bit of help. Constricting basically means to strangle, to suffocate the life out of prey, and that's how this magnificent animal
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Why do some people snore...
because more tissue around the neck can constrict the airway. Many researchers see weight loss as a solution to obstructive sleep apnea. Certain behavioral shifts, like limiting your alcohol consumption before bed, elevating your head, and avoiding sleeping on your back may also help. For people who have a milder condition,
Video examples
Dave Isay: Everyone...
How else do you think your life would be different without them? I could do without things like cockroaches and snakes. Well, I'm okay with snakes as long as they're not venomous or constrict you or anything. Yeah, I'm not a big snake person -- But cockroach is just the insect we love to hate. Yeah, it really is.
Video examples
How your muscular system...
in a rhythmic cycle. That pumps blood through the smooth internal walls of blood vessels, enables the intestine to constrict and push food through the digestive system, and allows the uterus to contract when a person is giving birth. As muscles work, they also use energy and produce an important byproduct, heat.
Video examples
How blood pressure works...
A high-salt diet will lead to a similar result. The salt promotes water retention, and the extra fluid increases the blood volume and blood pressure, and stress, like the fight or flight response, releases hormones, like epinephrine and norepinephrine that constrict key vessels,
Video examples
Foot Fear PIPE National...
license or does being scared actually make the temperature of our Tootsie's head south the body's fight or flight response is triggered when we are afraid and that has a biochemical component to it in essence it reduces the flow of blood to the extremities by constricting
Video examples
What yoga does to your...
relax the muscles constricting those passageways and improve oxygen diffusion. Increasing the blood’s oxygen content is especially helpful for those with weak heart muscles who have difficulty pumping enough oxygen throughout the body. And for those with healthy hearts,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 308 PIPE...
was dead very very sad either from constricting or from suffocation or not breathing with inside the body cavity of the Python so pythons are the means you know they do what they do when there's even cases in other parts of the world of
Video examples
Lifesaving Medicines...
between poisonous and venomous but so there you go everyone and however that being said was that sea snake venomous I think some pictures for you guys and it's only one of them is I think non-venomous snakes a boa constrictor
Video examples
How does chemotherapy...
Doctors commonly prescribe options to help manage these side-effects, such as strong anti-nausea medications. For hair loss, devices called cold caps can help lower the temperature around the head and constrict blood vessels,
Video examples
Strangled by a Boa...
then I might need a little bit of help. Constricting basically means to strangle, to suffocate the life out of prey, and that's how this magnificent animal
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Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.
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Fred Saberhagen
American Author
The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it.
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
Our political system continues to produce human rights disasters and social crises, thereby not only constricting China's own development but also limiting the progress of all of human civilization.
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Ron Funches
American Comedian
Doing five-minute sets on 'Conan' and things like that are fun and a great way to introduce yourself, but it's such a constricting time, and you usually have to cut bits down.
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Lily James
English Actress
With corsets, it's interesting when you put them on, realizing that's what women actually wore. They're just so constricting.
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Stephen Frears
English Director
Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.
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Julian Barnes
English Writer
Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.
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Stevie Nicks
American Musician
He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor.
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Noel Coward
English Playwright
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
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Raquel Welch
American Actress
I find clothes so constricting!
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Harold Pinter
English Dramatist
Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice.
Quote examples
Fred Saberhagen
American Author
The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it.
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Liu Xiaobo
Chinese Critic
Our political system continues to produce human rights disasters and social crises, thereby not only constricting China's own development but also limiting the progress of all of human civilization.
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Ron Funches
American Comedian
Doing five-minute sets on 'Conan' and things like that are fun and a great way to introduce yourself, but it's such a constricting time, and you usually have to cut bits down.
Quote examples
Lily James
English Actress
With corsets, it's interesting when you put them on, realizing that's what women actually wore. They're just so constricting.
Quote examples
Stephen Frears
English Director
Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.
Quote examples
Julian Barnes
English Writer
Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.
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Stevie Nicks
American Musician
He and I were about as compatible as a rat and a boa constrictor.
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Noel Coward
English Playwright
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
Quote examples
Raquel Welch
American Actress
I find clothes so constricting!
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