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Definition
when something gets shorter or smaller
- his legs contracted up, up into the seat,Chapter 1 (90% in)
contracted = shortened (in this case, the muscles of the legs pull to shorten and thus pull the legs closer to the hips)
There are no more uses of "contract" in Hatchet.
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