στείνω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στενός (stenós, narrow).

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Verb

στείνω (steínō)

  1. to straiten, confine, coop up, crowd
  2. to become strait, be narrowed
  3. to be or become full, be thronged
  4. (figuratively) to be straitened, distressed

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