Constrain

What do we mean by constrain?

To keep within certain limits; confine or limit. transitive verb

To inhibit or restrain; hold back. transitive verb

To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige. transitive verb

To produce in a forced or inhibited manner. transitive verb

In mech.: To prevent the occurrence of (motion), except in a particular direction: as, the relative motions of the parts of any machine are always constrained.

To prevent the operation of the motion of (a material point or body), except in a particular and definite manner: as, to constrain a part of a mechanism.

In general, to exert force, physical or moral, upon, either in urging to action or in restraining from it; press; urge; drive; restrain.

Hence To urge with irresistible power, or with a force sufficient to produce the effect; compel; necessitate; oblige.

To confine or hold by force; restrain from escape or action; repress or compress; bind.

To check; repress; hinder; deter.

To force.

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe. transitive verb

To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. transitive verb

To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. transitive verb

To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige. transitive verb

To violate; to ravish. transitive verb

To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect. transitive verb

To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige verb

To keep within close bounds; to confine verb

To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.

To keep within close bounds; to confine.

To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

A term meaning "we are completely out of stuff" that some people just don't grasp. Urban Dictionary

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The application or employment of a process or feature by which an artist will ensure both the ratio AND perspective of an image remain relative to that of the original image. Failure to "constrain proportions" has resulted in many innocent men being "duped" on internet dating sites (and the like), sustaining an eternal loss of essential "crop points." Urban Dictionary

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Words that are spelled similarly to constrain:
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Words that rhyme with constrain:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe constrain:
major, further, sore, last, main, social, additional, better.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective constrain:
menu, option, box, checkbox, angle, list, button, window, based, women, models, plane, technique, field.

Words that sound like constrain:
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