contracting

Words with a similar base: contracting

'contracting'

[catching.n.03] as in: becoming infected

Examples:
catching cold is sometimes unavoidable
the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic

catching, detection, catching, catch, catch, get, catch, get, hitch, catch, capture, catch, catch, overtake, catch, catch, catch, watch, catch, trip_up, catch, catch, catch, catch, catch, capture, catch, catch, catch, catch, catch, catch, catching, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge

catching, detection, catching, catch, catch, get, catch, get, hitch, catch, capture, catch, catch, overtake, catch, catch, catch, watch, catch, trip_up, catch, catch, catch, catch, catch, capture, catch, catch, catch, catch, catch, catch, catching, contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge

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acquiring, entity

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abridge, absorb, adopt, arrest, buck, catch, collect, compress, condense, constrict, consume, contract, enlistment, flinch, gain, gull, hang-up, hindrance, hitch, hitchhike, limp, minute, narrow, narrow-minded, pin_down, psychiatrist, receive, shrink, shrivel, sign, specialize, take_in, watch

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'contracting'

[contract.v.01] as in: enter into a contractual arrangement

contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge, undertake, undertake, undertake, undertake

contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge, contractor, contractor, contractor, contractile_organ

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promise, express

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rent, stipulate, rent, stipulate, sign

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abridge, absorb, adopt, catch, collect, compress, condense, constrict, consume, contract, flinch, gain, gull, minute, narrow, narrow-minded, pin_down, psychiatrist, receive, shrink, shrivel, sign, specialize, take_in, watch

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'contracting'

[sign.v.04] as in: engage by written agreement

Examples:
They signed two new pitchers for the next season

sign, sign, signal, signboard, sign_of_the_zodiac, sign, polarity, augury, sign, sign, sign, sign, sign, sign, sign, sign, sign, sign, bless, gestural, contract, contract, contract, contract, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge, sign_up

signer, signer, contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge

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hire

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contract_out

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abridge, absorb, adopt, catch, collect, compress, condense, constrict, consume, contract, flinch, gain, gull, hire, lease, minute, narrow, narrow-minded, pin_down, psychiatrist, receive, rent, shrink, shrivel, sign, specialize, take_in, watch

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'contracting'

[compress.v.02] as in: squeeze or press together

Examples:
she compressed her lips
the spasm contracted the muscle

compress, compress, compress, constrict, squeeze, credit_crunch, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, power_play, hug, squeeze, squash, squeeze, wedge, coerce, extort, thrust, pinch, embrace, compact, covenant, compact, compact, pack, compact, compact, compendious, contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge, imperativeness, press, press, crush, wardrobe, press, press, press, press, press, urge, weigh, press, press, press, press, crusade, press, press, iron, weight-lift, bid

compressible, compressible, compaction, compression, compression, compression, compressor, compress, compress, constriction, constriction, constriction, constriction, constrictor, contraction, contraction, contraction, contracture, contractor, contractor, contractor, contractile_organ, imperativeness, press, press, crush, wardrobe, press, press, press, press, press, urge, weigh, press, press, press, press, crusade, press, press, iron, weight-lift, bid, pressing, pressing

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tighten, change

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convulse, choke, choke, astringe, strangulate, prim, choke, convulse, bear_down

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abridge, absorb, act, adopt, affect, affix, affixed, append, be_active, besotted, catch, change, close, collect, compact, compaction, compendious, compress, compressed, compressible, compression, condense, confine, constrict, consume, contract, contraction, covenant, deepen, depart, deviate, enclose, exchange, fast, flinch, gain, go, gull, leave, limit, mean, minute, motion, motivate, move, narrow, narrow-minded, nasty, pack, pin_down, pressurize, psychiatrist, receive, restrain, restrict, rigorous, shrink, shrivel, sidetrack, sign, specialize, stiffen, strain, supercharge, switch, take_in, taut, tense, tight, transfer, travel, variety, watch

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'contracting'

[contract.v.04] as in: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

Examples:
He got AIDS
She came down with pneumonia
She took a chill

contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge, return, take, take, take, lead, take, assume, take, bring, take, take, choose, accept, fill, consider, necessitate, take, film, remove, consume, take, take, take, assume, accept, take, learn, claim, take, aim, take, carry, lease, subscribe, take, take, take, claim, accept, contain, take, drive, take, get, get, become, get, receive, arrive, bring, experience, pay_back, have, induce, get, grow, get, make, drive, catch, catch, get, get, get, get, catch, catch, get, scram, get, get, get, catch, draw, get, perplex, get_down, suffer, beget

catch, catching, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge

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sicken, change

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catch

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abridge, absorb, accede, accept, accommodate, act, add, admit, adopt, affect, aim, allow, arrive, assume, attention_deficit_disorder, be_active, bear, begin, beginning, bring, call, carry, catch, center, change, choose, claim, collect, compress, condense, consider, constrict, consume, contain, contract, crave, deepen, depart, deviate, devour, disinherit, drive, embark, enroll, enter, exchange, fetch, figure, fill, film, flinch, gain, get_down, give_up, go, gull, in-between, insert, institute, lead, learn, lease, leave, lend, lend_oneself, let, middle, minute, motion, motivate, move, narrow, narrow-minded, necessitate, permit, pin_down, psychiatrist, receive, record, remove, return, shrink, shrivel, sidetrack, sign, specialize, starve, subscribe, switch, take, take_in, title, total, transfer, travel, variety, watch

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'contracting'

[shrink.v.04] as in: become smaller or draw together

Examples:
The fabric shrank
The balloon shrank

psychiatrist, shrivel, flinch, shrink, shrink, shrink, contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, contract, condense, narrow, abridge

shrinking, shrinkage, shoplifting, contraction, compression, contraction, contraction

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stretch, reach, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, stretch, unfold, stretch, elongate, stretch, stretch, stretch, load, extend, stretch, stretch, stretch, expand, expand, expand, boom, inflate, elaborate, extend

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decrease, change

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flex

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abridge, absorb, act, adopt, affect, be_active, boom, catch, change, collect, compress, compression, condense, constrict, consume, contract, contraction, decrease, deepen, depart, deviate, elaborate, elongate, exchange, expand, extend, flinch, gain, go, gull, inflate, leave, let_out, load, minute, motion, motivate, move, narrow, narrow-minded, pin_down, psychiatrist, reach, receive, shrink, shrivel, sidetrack, sign, specialize, stretch, switch, take_in, transfer, travel, unfold, variety, watch, widen

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'contracting'

[contract.v.06] as in: make smaller

Examples:
The heat contracted the woollen garment

contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, abridge

contraction, compression, contraction, contraction

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shrink, change

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purse

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abridge, absorb, adopt, catch, collect, compress, compression, condense, constrict, consume, contract, contraction, flinch, gain, gull, minute, narrow, narrow-minded, pin_down, psychiatrist, receive, shrink, shrivel, sign, specialize, take_in, watch

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'contracting'

[condense.v.07] as in: compress or concentrate

Examples:
Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan

condense, digest, condense, condense, condense, condense, condense, dressed_ore, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, concentrate, centralize, concentrate, boil_down, reduce, contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, narrow, abridge

condense, condensation, condensation, condensation, compression, condensation, condensing, concentration, concentration, concentration, concentration, concentration, concentration, assiduity, contraction, contraction, contraction

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change

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abridge, absorb, adopt, assiduity, boil_down, catch, centralize, collect, compress, compression, concentrate, concentration, condense, constrict, consume, contract, contraction, digest, dressed_ore, flinch, gain, gull, minute, narrow, narrow-minded, pin_down, psychiatrist, receive, reduce, shrink, shrivel, sign, specialize, take_in, watch

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'contracting'

[narrow.v.01] as in: make or become more narrow or restricted

Examples:
The selection was narrowed
The road narrowed

narrow, narrow, pin_down, specialize, constrict, narrow, narrow, narrow-minded, narrow, minute, contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, abridge

narrow, narrow, pin_down, specialize, constrict, narrow, narrow, narrow-minded, narrow, minute, narrowing, narrowing, narrowing, tapered, constricting, contraction, compression, contraction, contraction

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widen, let_out, widen, widen

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change

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taper_off, bottleneck

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abridge, absorb, abstain, across-the-board, act, adopt, affect, be_active, bring_out, broad, broad-minded, catch, change, collect, compress, compression, condense, constrict, constricting, consume, contract, contraction, deepen, depart, deviate, diversify, emit, exchange, flinch, gain, go, gull, leave, let_out, minute, motion, motivate, move, narrow, narrow-minded, narrowing, pin_down, psychiatrist, receive, shrink, shrivel, sidetrack, sign, specialize, speciate, specify, switch, take_in, tapered, transfer, travel, unshockable, unwrap, utter, variety, watch, wide, wide-eyed, widen

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'contracting'

[abridge.v.01] as in: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Examples:
The manuscript must be shortened

abridge, abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, shorten, shorten, bowdlerize, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, stinger, cut, deletion, cut, cut, snub, baseball_swing, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, reduce, swerve, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, write_out, edit, cut, hack, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, switch_off, cut, cut, cut, ignore, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, dilute, cut, cut, geld, cut, cut, cut, trimmed, mown, cut, cut, cut, cut, contract, contract, contract, contract, sign, compress, contract, shrink, contract, condense, narrow, reduce, reduce, reduce, reduce, reduce, shrink, reduce, reduce, deoxidize, reduce, repress, reduce, reduce, reduce, boil_down, reduce, reduce

edit, condensation, abridger, shortener, contraction, compression, contraction, contraction

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expand, expand, expand, boom, inflate, elaborate, extend

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decrease, change

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bowdlerize, digest

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abridge, absorb, adopt, baseball_swing, boil_down, boom, bowdlerize, catch, collect, compress, compression, condense, constrict, consume, contract, contraction, cut, decrease, deflate, deletion, deoxidize, dilute, edit, elaborate, elongate, expand, extend, fall_back, flinch, gain, geld, gull, hack, ignore, inflate, lag, let_out, load, lose, loss, minute, misplace, miss, mow, mown, narrow, narrow-minded, pare, passing, personnel_casualty, pin_down, pout, psychiatrist, reach, receive, reduce, relapse, repress, shave, shorten, shrink, shrivel, sign, snip, snub, specialize, stinger, stretch, suffer, swerve, switch_off, take_in, trim, trimmed, unfold, watch, widen, write_out

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