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Constraining
- verb - hold back
- restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
- restricting the scope or freedom of action
Constricting
- verb - (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
- squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
Constriction
- noun - a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"
- the action or process of compressing
- tight or narrow compression
Constrictive
- adjective - (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- restricting the scope or freedom of action
Constrictors
- noun - any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
Constringent
- - Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing.
Constringing
- verb - become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
Constructing
- verb - create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"
- create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
- draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
- make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
- reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
Construction
- noun - a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
- an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
- the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
- the creation of a
Constructive
- adjective - constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development; "constructive criticism"; "a constructive attitude"; "a constructive philosophy"; "constructive permission"
- emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good; "constructive criticism"