'Contracted' definitions:
Definition of 'contracted'
From: WordNet
adjective
Reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes" [ant: expanded]
Definition of 'Contracted'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our faculties. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit. [1913 Webster]
- Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease. [1913 Webster]
- Each from each contract new strength and light. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Such behavior we contract by having much conversed with persons of high station. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for. [1913 Webster]
- We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and lague with the aforesaid queen. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
- Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by law. --Strype. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To betroth; to affiance. [1913 Webster]
- The truth is, she and I, long since contracted, Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Contracted'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace. [1913 Webster]
- Inquire me out contracted bachelors. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contracted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Spartan,
- 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
Words containing 'Contracted'
- Contract,
- Contractibility,
- Contractible,
- Contractibleness,
- Contracting,
- Contraction,
- Contractive,
- contract in,
- contract out,
- contractable,
- Consensual contract,
- Contract system,
- Contract tablet,
- Dependent contract,
- Divisible contract,
- Innominate contracts,
- Literal contract,
- Parol contract,
- Simple contract,
- Unilateral contract,
- Wagering contract,
- adhesion contract,
- aleatory contract,
- bilateral contract,
- breach of contract,
- conditional contract,
- contract bridge,
- contract killing,
- contract law,
- contract of adhesion,
- contract of hazard,
- contract offer,
- contract under seal,
- employment contract,
- futures contract,
- gambling contract,
- labor contract,
- marriage contract,
- muscle contraction,
- muscular contraction,
- oral contract,
- output contract,
- purchase contract,
- quasi contract,
- requirements contract,
- service contract,
- severable contract,
- social contract,
- special contract,
- term of a contract,
- uterine contraction,
- premature ventricular contraction,
- To cover one's short contracts,
- braxton-hicks contraction,
- cost-plus contract,
- yellow-dog contract