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CONSTIPATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be constipated

Example:

These foods tend to constipate you

Synonyms:

bind; constipate

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "constipate" is one way to...):

indispose (cause to feel unwell)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "constipate"):

obstipate (constipate severely)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

constipation (irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Impede with a clog or as if with a clog

Example:

My mind is constipated today

Synonyms:

clog; constipate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "constipate" is one way to...):

slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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