contracted

[ US /ˈkɑntɹæktəd/ ]
[ UK /kəntɹˈæktɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. reduced in size or pulled together
    the contracted pupils of her eyes
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How To Use contracted In A Sentence

  • By the term contracted foot, otherwise known as hoof-bound, is indicated a condition in which the foot, more especially the posterior half of it, is, or becomes, narrower from side to side than is normal. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
  • On top of this, contracted moderators check marked student work in every subject from every school, every year.
  • Even supposedly essential functions are subcontracted out.
  • The neck (collum mallei) is the narrow contracted part just beneath the head; below it, is a a prominence, to which the various processes are attached. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 3. The Auditory Ossicles
  • A large company contracted me to publicize its newest division.
  • In the countryside, on the contrary, more hands were needed to work the fields in grain-growing regions, and males contracted marriages at younger ages to increase the rural labour supply.
  • He subsequently contracted gangrene and had one leg amputated below his knee. Times, Sunday Times
  • We contracted with a local clothing firm for 400 shirts a month.
  • We subcontracted a small engineering firm to do the work.
  • The heat contracted the woollen garment
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