contracting

English

Verb

contracting

1. present participle and gerund of contract

Adjective

contracting (not comparable)

1. Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.

Derived terms

• noncontracting
• vasocontracting

Noun

contracting (countable and uncountable, plural contractings)

1. The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.

   the contractings of his muscles

2. Work done on a contract basis.