Constrain

Verb

 * 1)  to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige
 * 2)  to keep within close bounds; to confine
 * 3)  to reduce a result in response to limited resources

Adverbs for Constrain
unquestionably; unnaturally; artificially; severely; rigidly; commercially; tyrannically; bitterly;  formally; mercilessly.

Derived terms

 * constraint

Related terms

 * restrain

Thesaurus
arrest, assuage, attemper, ban, bank the fire, bar, bastille, bear, bind, bit, blunt, bottle up, box up, bridle, cage, cause, cause to, chasten, check, cloister, coerce, compel, concuss, confine, contain, control, cool, cool off, coop, coop in, coop up, cork up, crib, crowd, crush, curb, curtail, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, decelerate, deprive, detain, dictate, diminish, disallow, dompt, downplay, drive, dull, encage, enclose, enforce, enjoin, extenuate, fence in, force, govern, grieve, guard, have, hem in, hinder, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold down, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in custody, hold in leash, hold in restraint, hold up, hurt, immure, impel, impound, incarcerate, inhibit, injure, insist upon, intern, jail, jam, jug, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep in custody, keep in detention, keep under control, keep within bounds, lay, lay under restraint, lenify, lessen, lighten, make, mew, mew up, mitigate, moderate, modulate, necessitate, oblige, obtund, pain, palliate, pen, pen up, play down, pound, prison, prohibit, pull, pull in, push, quod, rail in, reduce, reduce the temperature, refrain, rein, rein in, restrain, restrict, retard, retrench, seal up, set back, shackle, shotgun, shut in, shut up, slacken, slow down, smother, snub, sober, sober down, soften, squab, squash, squeeze, squish, stifle, straiten, subdue, suppress, tame, temper, tie, tone down, tune down, underplay, use force upon, wall in, weaken, withhold

Etymology
constraindre:. Compare contraindre:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese: 限制 (xiànzhì), 束缚 (shùfù), 拘禁 (jūjīn)
 * Danish: begrænse
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:, , limitieren
 * Ido: obligar, koaktar
 * Italian:


 * Korean: 제한 (jehan), 구속 (gusok), 금지 (geumji)
 * Norwegian: begrense
 * Old English:
 * Russian: принуждать
 * Serbo-Croatian: prisiliti
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: ограничавам
 * Italian:


 * Russian: ограничивать