contracted

Adjective

(comparative more contracted, superlative most contracted)

(not comparable) Arranged by contract; established by agreement.
Made smaller by contraction.
Incurred; acquired.

Verb

simple past tense and past participle of contract

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Her stomach contracted at his tone and the look on his face.
Her stomach contracted and then twisted into a knot.
I sold nearly everything and even contracted four portrait commissions.
The word was afterwards contracted into its present form.
The smelting zone always has a bosh and a contracted tuyere section.

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