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enter into a contractual arrangement sign: engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season" compress: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" shrink: become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" condense: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make narrow: make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid abridge: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
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| contractile |
capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
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| contractility |
the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
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| contraction |
(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber) compression: the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'" the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
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| contracture |
an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle
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