Dictionary Entry
constrain
constrain is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
- 2transitive verb
To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
- 3transitive verb
To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
- 4transitive verb
To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
- 5transitive verb
To violate; to ravish.
- 6transitive verb
To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.
- 7verb
restrict
"Tighten the rules"
"stiffen the regulations"
- 8verb
hold back
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