vverb.contactsqueeze or press togetherSynset:compact compress constrict contract press squeeze
Examples:- she compressed her lips
- the spasm contracted the muscle
Derivationally Related Form:compressorcompressioncontractorpresspressingcompressiblecompressingconstrictorconstrictioncontracturecontraction
Hypernyms:tighten
Inherited Hypernyms:compresstightenchange
Direct Hyponyms:astringebear downchokeconvulsefretgagoverbearprimscragstranglestrangulate
Full Troponyms:astringebear downchokeconvulseprimstrangulate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changebecome tight or as if tightSynset:constrict constringe narrow
Derivationally Related Form:constrictionnarrowing
Hypernyms:tighten
Inherited Hypernyms:constricttightenchange
Direct Hyponyms:astringestrangulate
Full Troponyms:astringestrangulate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s
adj satadj.allespecially tense; especially in some dialectsTopic:phonetics
Antonyms:lax
Inherited Hypernyms:constricted
Similar to:tense
adjadj.alldrawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologicallyExamples:- a constricted blood vessel
- a constricted view of life
Antonyms:unconstricted
Inherited Hypernyms:constricted
Similar to:narrowed pinched stenosed stenotic