contract
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
～ be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
contract
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
～ become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
contract
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
～ engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
contract
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
～ make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
contract
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
～ compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
contract
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
～ make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
contract
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
contract
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
contract
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
contract bridge
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
conditional contract
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations
contractable
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
contracted
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"
contractile
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ capable of contracting or being contracted; "the contractile wings of an insect"
contractility
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
contracting
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
contraction
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
contraction
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
contraction
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"
contraction
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"