Adjective constraining has 1 sense
- confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting - restricting the scope or freedom of action
Antonym: unrestrictive (indirect, via restrictive)
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Verb constrain has 2 senses
- restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain - hold back
--1 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
--2 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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