constipate as a verb: - 1
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constipate
verb
1 constipate
Impede with a clog or as if with a clog:
— My mind is constipated today.
synonym: clog.
Roget 321:
be dense
etc.
adj.;
become solid,
render solid
etc.
adj.;
solidify,
solidate†;
concrete,
set,
take a set,
consolidate,
congeal,
coagulate;
curd,
curdle;
lopper;
fix,
clot,
cake,
candy,
precipitate,
deposit,
cohere,
crystallize;
petrify
etc.
(harden)
323.
condense,
thicken,
gel,
inspissate†,
incrassate†;
compress,
squeeze,
ram down,
constipate.
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2 constipate
Cause to be constipated:
— These foods tend to constipate you.
synonym: bind.
Dutch: stoppen
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