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constrict

verb
/kənˈstɹɪkt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der. Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Latin cōnstrictusbor. English constrict Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain.

  1. borrowed from cōnstrictus

Definitions

  1. To narrow, especially by application of pressure.

    • constrict the airway
    • constrict blood vessels
    • Clothing that is too tight can constrict blood flow.

  2. To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)

    • The snake began to constrict its prey.

  3. To limit or restrict.

The neighborhood

Derived

constrictive, hyperconstrict, nonconstricting, reconstrict, unconstrict, vasoconstrict

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at constrict. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01constrict02asphyxiate03smother04fire05smouldering06smoulder07choke

A definitional loop anchored at constrict. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at constrict

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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