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Contracted

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 See Also \| 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.

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

See Also |

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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