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Constipate   /kˈɑnstəpˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Constipate  v. t.  (past & past part. constipated; pres. part. constipating)  
1.
To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. (Obs.) "Of cold the property is to condense and constipate."
2.
To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.
3.
(Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.





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... can take a long, long time and several bins may have to be used in tandem. Unless they are first ground or chopped very finely, larger more resistant materials like corn, Brussels sprouts, sunflower stalks, cabbage stumps, shrub prunings, etc. will "constipate" a top-loading, ...
— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon


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