CONTRACTED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of contract 2. to make or become shorter or narrower or…. Learn more.

Jan 2, 2017 · contract, shrink, condense, compress, constrict, deflate mean to decrease in bulk or volume. contract applies to a drawing together of surfaces or particles or a reduction of area or …

CONTRACTED definition: drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

1. To enter into or make an agreement: contract for garbage collection. 2. To become reduced in size by or as if by being drawn together: The pupils of the patient's eyes contracted.

to assign (a job, work, project, etc.) by contract: The publisher contracted the artwork. to enter into an agreement with: to contract a free-lancer to do the work.

Something contracted has shrunk or become smaller. Your pupils tend to be contracted in bright sunlight.

There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective contracted, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.