1 to become tighter or narrower; to make sth tighter or narrower:
[V] Her throat constricted and she swallowed hard. * [VN] a drug that constricts the blood vessels.
2 [VN] to limit or restrict what sb is able to do:
Film-makers of the time were constricted by the censors. * constricting rules and regulations
constricted adjective:
Her throat felt dry and constricted. * a constricted vision of the world
constriction noun [U,C]:
a feeling of constriction in the throat / chest * political constrictions
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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