English Explanatory Dictionary

contracting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of contract
adj
  1. Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.
noun
  1. The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.
  2. Work done on a contract basis.

Word forms

contracting contractings

Derived words

noncontracting vasocontracting
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