constricting (verb)

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• constrict — [[t]kənstrɪ̱kt[/t]] constricts, constricting, constricted 1) V ERG If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower. [V n] Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which… …   English dictionary

• Angina — is chest pain that is due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. The chest pain of angina is typically severe and crushing. There is a feeling just behind the breastbone (the sternum) of pressure and suffocation. The word “angina” …   Medical dictionary

• choke — [14] Etymologically, to choke is to cut off air by constricting the ‘cheeks’, for it is a derivative of cēoce, the Old English word for ‘cheek’. There is actually such a verb recorded, just once, from Old English: the compound ācēocian, with the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• choke — [14] Etymologically, to choke is to cut off air by constricting the ‘cheeks’, for it is a derivative of cēoce, the Old English word for ‘cheek’. There is actually such a verb recorded, just once, from Old English: the compound ācēocian, with the… …   Word origins

• Tourniquet — A tourniquet is a constricting or compressing device used to control venous and arterial circulation to an extremity for a period of time. Pressure is applied circumferentially upon the skin and underlying tissues of a limb; this pressure is… …   Wikipedia

• choke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. strangle, suffocate, garrote; stifle, obstruct, clog, jam, plug. See closure, killing. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deprive of air] Syn. asphyxiate, strangle, strangulate, stifle, throttle, garrote,… …   English dictionary for students

• strangle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. choke, garrotte, stifle, suffocate; suppress, repress; squeeze, constrict, strangulate. See killing, closure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To choke] Syn. asphyxiate, suffocate, smother, kill; see choke 1 …   English dictionary for students

• throttle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. choke, strangle, suffocate; silence, stifle; close. See closure, killing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. starter, gas pedal, gas, feed, gas feed; see also accelerator . v. 1. [To choke] Syn. strangle, stifle …   English dictionary for students

• choke — choke1 verb 1》 prevent from breathing by constricting or obstructing the throat or depriving of air.     ↘have difficulty in breathing because of an obstructed throat or lack of air. 2》 fill (a space) so as to make movement difficult or… …   English new terms dictionary

• mesh — noun 1》 material made of a network of wire or thread. 2》 an interlaced structure. 3》 a complex or constricting situation. 4》 Computing a set of finite elements used to represent a geometric object. verb 1》 make or become entangled or entwined.… …   English new terms dictionary

• constrict — UK [kənˈstrɪkt] / US verb Word forms constrict : present tense I/you/we/they constrict he/she/it constricts present participle constricting past tense constricted past participle constricted formal 1) [intransitive/transitive] to become smaller… …   English dictionary