Definitions
Contracting - as a noun
Becoming infected
Example: "Catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"
Contracting - as a verb
To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
Example: "The snail's body contracted into its shell."
(grammar) to shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Example: "The word "cannot" is often contracted into "can't"."
To enter into a contract with.
To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
Example: "To contract for carrying the mail"
To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
Example: "She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens."
To gain or acquire (an illness).
To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
To betroth; to affiance.
Contracting - as an adjective
Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.
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Word Game Points
CONTRACTING has a SCRABBLE points total of 16.
CONTRACTING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 21.
CONTRACTING has a WORDFEUD points total of 19.
