Constraining
Constraining
Constraining tanım:
Kelime: con·strain
Söyleniş: k&n-'strAn
İşlev: transitive verb
Kökeni: Middle English, from Middle French constraindre, from Latin constringere to constrict, constrain, from com- stringere to draw tight -- more at STRAIN
1 a : to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation b : to restrict the motion of (a mechanical body) to a particular mode
2 : COMPRESS; also : to clasp tightly
3 : to secure by or as if by bonds : CONFINE; broadly : LIMIT
4 : to force or produce in an unnatural or strained manner a constrained smile
5 : to hold back by or as if by force constraining my mind not to wander from the task -- Charles Dickens
synonym see FORCE
- con·strained·ly
