astringe

astringe is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
2. transitive verb. To bind by moral or legal obligation.
3. verb. become constricted or compressed

   "The cold substance astringes"

4. verb. constrict or bind or draw together

   "Lemon juice astringes the tissue in the mouth"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in astringe:

angriest, angstier, ganister, gantries, granites, ingrates, rangiest, tangiers

Common word forms

astringed, astringer, astringes, astringing

Words from these letters

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