2 uses
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Definition
when something gets shorter or smaller
- The dull pain in his belly never went away, but sometimes it grew better and sometimes worse, and his thoughts expanded or contracted accordingly.p. 228.7
contracted = shrank
- Winston's entrails contracted.p. 231.9
contracted = cramped (tightened as the muscles shortened)
There are no more uses of "contract" in 1984 by Orwell.
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