Qu'est-ce (qui) est Constrict - définition
constrict
(constricts, constricting, constricted)
1.
If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.
Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which constricts the blood vessels...
My throat constricted, so that I had to concentrate on breathing.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If something constricts you, it limits your actions so that you cannot do what you want to do.
She objects to the tests the Government's advisers have devised because they constrict her teaching style...
= limit
VERB: V n
constrict
¦ verb make or become narrower, especially by encircling pressure.
?(of a snake) coil round (prey) in order to asphyxiate it.
Derivatives
constriction noun
constrictive adjective
Origin
C18 (earlier (ME) as constriction): from L. constrict-, constringere (see constrain).
constrict
v. a.
Cramp, contract, compress.
Exemples de prononciation pour Constrict
1. constrict like that.
Les Misérables _ Nick Cartell & Mary Kate Moore _ Talks at Google
2. or constrict you or anything.
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3. So all of your arteries constrict.
Transforming Lives and Healthcare _ Dean Ornish _ Talks at Google
4. and your blood vessels constrict like this.
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5. and nicotine makes your arteries constrict.
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Exemples du corpus de texte pour Constrict
1. At worst it‘s a patronising euphemism for blackness that routinely serves to constrict creativity.
2. I could isolate and constrict the area between my upper lip and nose, creating multiple wrinkles.
3. A Democratic Senate would constrict his remaining sphere for significant domestic accomplishment: With the Judiciary Committee gavel in Sen.
4. The Left, by contrast, have always been trying to constrict human freedom, to direct human energies down specific approved paths.
5. As a result, Iran has the ability to impact oil markets in ways that would constrict US policymaking.