To Contract

Etymology From Latin contrahere (to draw together), from trahere (to draw, pull), from Proto-Indo-European: tregʰ-* (,to pull drag).

1. (transitive) To draw together or shorten.
2. (intransitive) To become smaller or shorter.
3. (transitive) To acquire (a habit, debt, or illness).
4. (transitive) To enter into a formal agreement.

Synonyms shrink, condense, constrict, Incur, narrow

Oversettelser Arabic: يَنْقَبِض، يَنْكَمِش، (يَتَعَاقَد)، (يُصَاب بـ) German: zu schrumpfen, zu kontrahieren, (zu erkranken) Norwegian Bokmål: å trekke seg sammen, å krympe, (å pådra seg)