contracted 音标拼音: [k'ɑntræktəd]
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contracted adj 1 :
reduced in size or pulled together ; "
the contracted pupils of her eyes " [
ant : {
expanded }]
Contract \
Con *
tract "\ (
k [
o ^]
n *
tr [
a ^]
kt "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Contracted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Contracting }.] [
L .
contractus ,
p .
p .
of contrahere to contract ;
con -
trahere to draw :
cf .
F .
contracter .
See {
Trace },
and cf . {
Contract },
n .]
1 .
To draw together or nearer ;
to reduce to a less compass ;
to shorten ,
narrow ,
or lessen ;
as ,
to contract one '
s sphere of action .
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In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our faculties . --
Dr .
H .
More .
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2 .
To draw together so as to wrinkle ;
to knit .
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Thou didst contract and purse thy brow . --
Shak .
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3 .
To bring on ;
to incur ;
to acquire ;
as ,
to contract a habit ;
to contract a debt ;
to contract a disease .
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Each from each contract new strength and light .
--
Pope .
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Such behavior we contract by having much conversed with persons of high station . --
Swift .
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4 .
To enter into ,
with mutual obligations ;
to make a bargain or covenant for .
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We have contracted an inviolable amity ,
peace ,
and lague with the aforesaid queen . --
Hakluyt .
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Many persons . . .
had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity . . .
prohibited by law . --
Strype .
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5 .
To betroth ;
to affiance .
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The truth is ,
she and I ,
long since contracted ,
Are now so sure ,
that nothing can dissolve us .
--
Shak .
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6 . (
Gram .)
To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one .
Syn :
To shorten ;
abridge ;
epitomize ;
narrow ;
lessen ;
condense ;
reduce ;
confine ;
incur ;
assume .
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Contracted \
Con *
tract "
ed \ (
k [
o ^]
n *
tr [
a ^]
kt "[
e ^]
d ),
a .
1 .
Drawn together ;
shrunken ;
wrinkled ;
narrow ;
as ,
a contracted brow ;
a contracted noun .
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2 .
Narrow ;
illiberal ;
selfish ;
as ,
a contracted mind ;
contracted views .
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3 .
Bargained for ;
betrothed ;
as ,
a contracted peace .
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Inquire me out contracted bachelors . --
Shak .
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124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
contracted ":
Spartan ,
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 ,
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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