constipate
verb (used with object)
to cause constipation in; make costive.
are constipating
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present progressiveof constipate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Spaghetti and macaroni prepared in this way are especially inadvisable, though it may be said that even when served without cheese spaghetti and macaroni are constipating.
From Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden
Blackberries are unlike other fruits in this respect,—they are constipating.
From School and Home Cooking by Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer
Other foods of very high theoretical value are constipating if used in large amounts, as cheese, nuts, chocolate.
From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
They all are a trouble to make; barley and rice water are constipating, and oatmeal water is heating.
From Dr. Allinson's cookery book Comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes by T. R. (Thomas Richard) Allinson
