contracting

Etymology

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.
    the contractings of his muscles
  2. Work done on a contract basis.

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