- contract, shrink, constrict
- اِنْقبَضَ \ contract, shrink, constrict.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
contract, shrink, constrict
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contract — n Contract, bargain, compact, pact, treaty, entente, convention, cartel, concordat designate an agreement reached after negotiation and ending in an exchange of promises between the parties concerned. Contract applies especially to a formal… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
constrict — compress, *contract, shrink, condense, deflate Analogous words: *tie, bind: restrict, confine, circumscribe, *limit: *restrain, curb Contrasted words: *expand, dilate, distend, swell, inflate: enlarge, *increas … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contract — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin contractus, from contrahere to draw together, make a contract, reduce in size, from com + trahere to draw Date: 14th century 1. a. a binding agreement between two or more persons or … New Collegiate Dictionary
constrict — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hamper, limit, contract, bind, cramp, squeeze, compress; choke, strangle, strangulate. See contraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contract, cramp, choke up, squeeze; see compress , tighten 1 . III… … English dictionary for students
constrict — v 1. cramp, squeeze, tighten, pinch, Inf. tighten up on, Inf. put the squeeze on, strangle, strangulate, draw or press in, bind, wrap up, coarctate, straiten, constringe, compress, astringe; contract, shrink, narrow, reduce, decrease, diminish,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Constrict — Con*strict , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constricted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constricting}.] [L. constrictus, p. p. of constringere. See {Constrain}.] To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shrink — [v1] become smaller compress, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, decrease, deflate, diminish, drop off, dwindle, fail, fall off, fall short, grow smaller, lessen, narrow, reduce, shorten, shrivel, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wither … New thesaurus
constrict — I (compress) verb abbreviate, abridge, astringe, bind, capsulize, cause to contract, clench, coarct, compact, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constnnge, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, draw together, make brief, make dense, make smaller … Law dictionary
contract — [n] agreement, deal arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, concordat, convention, covenant, deposition, dicker*, engagement, evidence, guarantee, handshake*, indenture, liability, mise, obligation, pact, paper, pledge,… … New thesaurus
constrict — [v] inhibit astringe, choke, circumscribe, clench, compress, concentrate, condense, confine, constringe, contract, cramp, curb, draw together, limit, narrow, pinch, restrain, restrict, shrink, squeeze, strangle, strangulate, tauten, tense,… … New thesaurus
shrink — 1 *contract, constrict, compress, condense, deflate Analogous words: *decrease, reduce, diminish, lessen: *shorten, abridge, retrench, curtail Antonyms: swell Contrasted words: *expand, amplify, distend, dilate, inflate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
