All astringe synonyms
as·tringe
A a verb astringe
- inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
- compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
- restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- tauten — make taut
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- tighten — make more snug or secure
- concentrate — If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it.
- tense — in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
- clench — When you clench your fist or your fist clenches, you curl your fingers up tightly, usually because you are very angry.
- squeeze — to press forcibly together; compress.
- tuck — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- constringe — to shrink or contract
- narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.