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Contracted

Contracted Meaning & Definition
Contracted Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contracted?

[adj] reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Contracted: contractile | narrowed | shrunk | shrunken

Related Terms | Find terms related to Contracted: abated | abbreviated | ablated | abridged | affianced | agreed | aposiopestic | arranged | assured | attenuated | bated | belittled | betrothed | blank | blind | blind-alley | bound | brief | brusque | cecal | choked | choked off | clamped | clipped | close | closed | committed | compact | compacted | compendious | compressed | compromised | concentrated | concise | condensed | consolidated | constricted | consumed | covenanted | cramped | crisp | curt | curtailed | cut | dead | dead-end | decreased | deflated | diminished | dissipated | docked | dropped | elliptic | engaged | epigrammatic | eroded | fallen | gnomic | guaranteed | intended | knitted | laconic | less | lesser | lower | lowered | miniaturized | nipped | obligated | pinched | pinched-in | pithy | pledged | plighted | pointed | promised | pruned | puckered | pursed | reduced | reserved | retrenched | scaled-down | sealed | sententious | settled | shorn | short | short and sweet | shortened | shorter | shrunk | shrunken | shut | signed | smaller | solidified | Spartan | squeezed | squeezed shut | stipulated | strangled | strangulated | succinct | summary | sworn | synopsized | taciturn | terse | tight | to the point | truncated | undertaken | underwritten | unopen | unopened | unvented | unventilated | warranted | wasp-waisted | watered-down | weakened | worn | wrinkled

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Contracted In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*tract"ed\, a. 1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun. 2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views. 3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace. Inquire me out contracted bachelors. --Shak.

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