constipate
verb (used with object)
to cause constipation in; make costive.
is constipating
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present progressiveof constipate (3rd person singular).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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It is constipating, so he has to take daily stool softeners.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2010
If the milk is constipating, or rests heavy on the stomach, then a little lime water may be added to it in the proportion of one or two tablespoonfuls to a glass of milk.
From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Lydia Estes Pinkham
Milk is constipating, and as constipation is one of the commonest complaints, a preventive may be found in abstinence from this food.
From No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes by Rupert H. Wheldon
