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constricted

constricted

5.2
Made narrower or tighter by pressure
  • adjective
  • /kənˈstrɪktɪd/
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  • The sleeve is not constricted as we once thought.

They just eat the three meals in a constricted feeding window.

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Examples

  • They just eat the three meals in a constricted feeding window.

  • And people forget, but the vascular system and how constricted or dilated vessels are is controlled by neurons, right?

  • But the two things that we have and I was getting into that is we have a constricted supply side.

  • And but I do feel like we've come through the most constricted part of it.

  • You can see these are very, very constricted dendritic arbors.

  • So this constricted supply is set to disrupt laptop production, but it could lower DRAM prices.

  • If the shaft goes too fast, right, then the steam pipe will be constricted, less steam will go to the steam engine, and the shaft will slow down.

  • These include frothing of the mouth, pinpoint pupils, constricted breathing, and trembling.

  • These machines can bypass constricted Airways and deliver highly oxygenated air to help damaged lungs diffuse more oxygen.

  • The doctor explained that constricted blood vessels can lead to serious health issues.

Synonyms

narrow
vsconstricted
181 2.6

Limited in range or what it covers, often about ideas

is formed by physical squeezing or tightness rather than mere smallness
limited
vsconstricted
97 1.9

Having only a small, specific role in an activity

is about being physically tightened or compressed rather than assigned limits
restrictive
vsconstricted
52 4.7

Limits what people can do by rules or laws

is more about physical compression or narrowness than policy or rules
cramped
vsconstricted
37 3.2

A space that is too small for people to move easily

is more about tight squeezing from outside rather than mere smallness
limiting
vsconstricted
3 3.5

Keeping someone or something from having full freedom and many choices

is the state of being tighter rather than the act of setting constraints
confining
vsconstricted
1 5.6

That limits someone's freedom or ability to move

is imposed by rules or design rather than by physical squeezing
narrowed
vsconstricted
2.7

Made smaller in width, size, or range

is made smaller specifically by being squeezed or compressed
contracted
vsconstricted
4.0

Something that becomes smaller and tighter when parts pull together

is reduced similarly but emphasizes outside squeezing rather than internal pulling
circumscribed
vsconstricted
  • Formal
7.1

Limited to a certain area or set of things

is narrower because it often implies tight physical squeezing rather than only boundaries
confined
vsconstricted
3.7

Kept in one small space and unable to leave

is about being tightened or compressed rather than being merely kept inside
bounded
vsconstricted
4.1

Kept within fixed limits that stop it from going further

is tighter by being squeezed instead of only being defined by limits

Antonyms

Has no tightness and allows free movement of air, blood, or feelings

How Narrow

pinched
3.9
constricted
5.2
tight
884 1.0
narrow
290 1.0
wide
1.0

Surface Forms

constricted positive

Morphology

constricted = constrict (transparent) = constrict + ed

This is the regular participial adjective from 'constrict', directly meaning made narrower, tighter, or restricted.

Etymology

Constricted comes from the Latin parts con- 'together' and stringere 'to draw tight', just like a string wound tightly around something. So a constricted airway, artery, or view is made narrower or tighter, as if it has been squeezed.