constipate
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/'kɒnstəˌpeɪt/
🇬🇧
/'kɒnstɪˌpeɪt/
verb
R
To make it hard to have a bowel movement.
Eating too much junk food can constipate you.
R
To block or slow down the flow of something.
The traffic jam constipated the flow of vehicles on the highway.
translation
To make it hard to have a bowel movement.; To block or slow down the flow of something.
Word Forms
Perfect
constipated
Progressive
constipating
3rd Present
constipates
Past
constipated