The Only Use of
contract
in
The Outsiders
- His face contracted in agony, and sweat streamed down his face.
p. 149.6contracted = muscles pulled (shortened)
Definitions:
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(1)
(contract as in: legal contract) an agreement - typically written and enforceable by law
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(2)
(contract as in: contract the disease) to get -- especially in reference to a disease
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(3)
(contract as in: the metal contracted) when something gets shorter or smaller
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A grammatical sense of the word form contraction describes can't as a shortened form of can not.