Associations to the word «Constrict»

Wiktionary

CONSTRICT, verb. To narrow, especially by applying pressure.

Dictionary definition

CONSTRICT, verb. Squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle".
CONSTRICT, verb. Become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne