COARCTATES Synonyms

• a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• squeeze or press together

• become tight or as if tight

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

• not wide

• lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

• very limited in degree

• a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

• limited in extent or scope

• characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• define clearly

• become more focused on an area of activity or field of study

• become tight or as if tight

• place restrictions on

• place under restrictions; limit access to by law

• place limits on (extent or amount or access)

• prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed

• a convex shape that narrows toward a point

• the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

• stick of wax with a wick in the middle

• diminish gradually

• give a point to

• make tight or tighter

• become tight or tighter

• severely restrict in scope or extent

• narrow or limit