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# constipated

«constipated» in Mova's school dictionary: **unable to empty your bowels easily; your poo is hard, dry…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (constipated); verb form of constipate (rare)

### meaning for a pupil

Constipated means unable to empty your bowels easily; your poo is hard, dry or does not come for days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constipated/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons constipation is linked to food and drink: eating fruit, vegetables and fibre, drinking water and moving about help. In everyday life a child may tell a parent or doctor they feel constipated and have a sore tummy. Phrases: feel constipated, get constipated.

### examples

- I felt constipated, so Mum gave me more fruit and water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constipated/#x1)
- Eating fibre helps you not to get constipated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constipated/#x2)
- The doctor asked if the baby was constipated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constipated/#x3)
- Drinking enough water can stop you from being constipated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constipated/#x4)
- Our old dog gets constipated if he doesn't walk enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constipated/#x5)
- Being constipated can give you a tummy ache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constipated/#x6)

### note

Adjective; the noun is «constipation». It is a polite, medical word for this problem. False friend: in Spanish «constipado» means having a cold, but English «constipated» is only about bowels. Tell an adult if it lasts a long time or hurts a lot.

### In the corpora

- ["Irregular" is a polite way to say constipated, when poo will not come out easily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/7-wind-sick-and-runs/10/)
- [Without enough fibre, food moves slowly and a person can get constipated, which means finding it hard to poo.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/33-digestion/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «constipated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/constipated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.