constipate
About 0.01 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To cause constipation in, render costive.
The medication can constipate you if you’re not drinking enough water.
- verb To constrict, contract (tissues, the body, fibres, etc.); to make firm and compact by pressing together.
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- verb To pack or crowd together.
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- adjective Constipated, costive.
Similar words
bind constringe congeal constuprate cloy beclog impose cretify crud coagulate
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Word family
constipated constipates constipating
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