zamindarEnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarya mechanical body) to a particular mode2 : compressalso : to clasp tightly3 : to secure by or as if by bonds : confine //constrained to a dungeonbroadly : limit4 : to force or produce in an unnatural or strained manner //a constrained smile5 : to hold back by or as if by force //"… constraining my mind not to wander from the task." — Charles Dickens