constrict

Verb
  1. Squeeze or press together (synset 201390440)
    "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
    is a type of: tighten - become tight or tighter
    subtypes:
    • choke, strangle - constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
    • prim - contract one's lips
    • astringe - constrict or bind or draw together
    • strangulate - constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
    • convulse - contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
    • convulse - cause to contract
    • bear down, overbear - contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
    • choke, fret, gag - be too tight; rub or press
    • choke, scrag - wring the neck of
    same as: compact, compress, contract, press, squeeze
  2. Become tight or as if tight (synset 200305203)
    "Her throat constricted"
    is a type of: tighten - become tight or tighter
    subtypes:
    same as: constringe, narrow

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