constrain

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 1.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
2. verb To keep within close bounds; to confine.
3. verb To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

Similar words

tighten up tighten restrain encumber cumber stiffen compel coerce oblige interfere

Often followed by

the and them their us him or a it our

Word family

constrained constrainedly constraining constrains constraint constraints