Constrain
noun
- 1.
- ការដាក់កម្រិតព្រំដែន, ការបញ្ជាឬត្រួតត្រាខ្លួនឯង, ការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ
verb — past tense: constrained ; past participle: constrained ; present participle: constraining ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to compel, to oblige, embarrassed, repressed, unnatural) បង្ខិតបង្ខំ constrain compliance បង្ខំ, បង្គាប់, បញ្ជា, (Modesty) constrains (him) ទប់
Example: I feel constrained to write and complain in the strongest possible terms. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បង្ខិតបង្ខំ, ឃុំឃាំង, ដាក់កំហិតព្រំដែន
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: constrained ; past participle: constrained ; present participle: constraining ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice.
- 1.
- coerce, compel, confine, force, restrain
- 1.
- To violate, to ravish