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1 —1 use as in:
the metal contracted
Definition
when something gets shorter or smaller
- I watched, petrified, until I discerned the slightest expansions and contractions in the wrappings around their chests.p. 269.2
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- My sense of guilt seemed to have expanded as my life span contracted.p. 186.3
- My contracting memory terrified me.p. 116.8
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