Constricted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Constrict \Con*strict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constricted}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Constricting}.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of
     constringere. See {Constrain}.]
     To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to
     cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.
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           Such things as constrict the fibers.     --Arbuthnot.
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           Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their
           contraction serves to constrict.         --Todd &
                                                    Bowman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Constricted \Con*strict"ed\, a.
     1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
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     2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in
        certain places or parts than in others.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  constricted
       adj 1: especially tense; especially in some dialects
       2: drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension
          psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a
          constricted view of life" [ant: {unconstricted}]
       3: inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his
          first impulse is to move"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "constricted":
     angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal,
     authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blank, blind, blind-alley, borne,
     cecal, choked, choked off, circumscribed, clamped, close,
     close-fitting, closed, compressed, concentrated, condensed,
     confined, consolidated, contracted, cramp, cramped, creedbound,
     crowded, dead, dead-end, deaf, deaf to reason, fanatical,
     hidebound, illiberal, incapacious, incommodious, insular, isthmian,
     isthmic, knitted, limited, little, little-minded, meager, mean,
     mean-minded, mean-spirited, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded,
     narrow-souled, narrow-spirited, near, nearsighted, nipped,
     parochial, petty, pinched, pinched-in, provincial, puckered,
     purblind, pursed, restricted, scant, scanty, shortsighted, shut,
     slender, small, small-minded, solidified, squeezed, squeezed shut,
     strait, straitlaced, strangled, strangulated, stuffy, tight,
     uncatholic, uncharitable, ungenerous, unliberal, unopen, unopened,
     unvented, unventilated, wasp-waisted, wrinkled