Contracted

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  • adj. Arranged by contract; established by agreement.
  • adj. Made smaller by contraction.
  • adj. Incurred; acquired.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of contract.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow.
  • adj. Narrow; illiberal; selfish.
  • adj. Bargained for; betrothed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Drawn together or into a smaller or narrower compass; shrunk.
  • Narrow; mean; selfish: as, a man of a contracted soul or mind.
  • Narrow or restricted in means or opportunities; restricted, as by poverty; scanty; needy.
  • Arranged for or disposed of by contract; specifically, betrothed.
  • In gram, and phonetics, shortened by combination or by omission of letters or sounds. See contract, v. t., 3, and contraction, 3.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. reduced in size or pulled together
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    Words with the same meaning
    shrunken    wrinkled    narrow    illiberal    selfish    betrothed    diminished    shriveled    puckered    pinched   
    Verb Stem
    contract