contracted

con-tract-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Entered into a formal agreement.

  2. 2.

    Made smaller or narrower.

  3. 3.

    Decreased in size; shrank.

  4. 4.

    Shortened in form.

  5. 5.

    Caught or became infected with.

Related words

Antonyms: enlarged, expanded
See also: contract, contracting, shrunk
Synonyms: agreed, caught (disease), shrunk

Etymology

From Latin "contractus," past participle of "contrahere" (to draw together).