constrict
verb
[ kənˈstrɪkt ]
• make narrower, especially by encircling pressure.
• "chemicals that constrict the blood vessels"
Similar:
narrow,
make/become narrower,
tighten,
compress,
contract,
make/become smaller,
shrink,
draw in,
squeeze,
choke,
strangle,
strangulate,
straiten,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from Latin constrict- ‘bound tightly together’, from the verb constringere (see constrain).
