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number of tricks thus bid. c. Contract bridge. 5. A paid c( assignment to murder someone: put out a contract on the € mobster's life. —v. (kan-tract', kon'trakt') -tract•ed, -tract- C( 'J t/ Ing, -tracts. —tr. 1. To enter into by contract; establish or c Z O settle by formal agreement: contract a marriage. 2. To ac- F quire or incur: contract obligations. 3. To reduce in size by t drawing together; shrink. 4. To pull together; wrinkle. 5.To cc shorten (a word or words) by omitting or combining some p of the letters or sounds. —intr. 1. To enter into or make a cc contract: contract for garbage collection. 2. To become re- c duced in size by or as if by being drawn together: The pupils cc of his eyes contracted. [ME < Lat. contractus < p.part. of tr contrahere, to make a contract : corn-, together + trahere, to cc draw.] —con•tract'i•bil'i•ty, con•tract'i•ble•ness n. —con- Cu tract'i•ble adj. o Synonyms: contract, condense, compress, constrict, co shrink. These verbs refer to decrease in size or content of a p thing and sometimes to a resultant change in its form. Con- p, tract applies to internal drawing together that reduces the vv volume of a thing. Condense refers to an increase in corn- 01 pactness produced by the removal or reduction of parts or pi by a change in physical form of the thing involved, such as tv ,........,_?0 a change from gas to liquid or from liquid to solid. Com- re press applies to increased compactness brought about by fc external force; the term implies reduction of volume and n \, iQ .� change of form or shape. Constrict refers to decreasing the t " extent of a thing. usually by external pressure. Shrink refers o r ,. to contraction that produces reduction in physical extent. cr 1 contract bridge n. .A form of auction bridge in which tricks au in excess of the contract may not count toward game ho- /—�/°%� nuses. rt. con-trac-tile (kan trak'tal, til') adj. Capable of contracting ti or causing contraction. —con'trac•til'i•ty(kon'trak-till-te)n. tr contractile vacuole n. A contracting vesicle in some proto- a zoans that functions in fluid expulsion. i. con-trac-tion(kan-trak'shan)n. 1. a. The act of contracting. Is b. The state of being contracted. 2. Gram. a. A shortened st word or words formed by omitting or combining some of pi the letters or sounds. b. The formation of such a word. si // 3. Phtisiol. The shortening and often thickening of function- ri ing muscle. 4. A period of decreased business activity. sc con-trac-tor (kon'trak'tar, kan-trak'-) n. 1. One who agrees ni to furnish materials or perform services at a specified price, It esp. for construction. 2. Something that contracts. esp. a c• muscle. pi con•trac•tu•al (kan-trak'choo-al) adj. Of, pertaining to, or it having the nature of a contract. —con•trac'tu•al•Iy adv. co con•trae•ture(kan-trak'char)n. 1. A drawing together, as of se muscle or scar tissue, resulting in distortion or deformity. 2. A deformity resulting from a contracture. tr • con•tra•cycli•cal (kon'tra-si'kli-kal, -srk'li-) adj. Acting cc contrarily to an economic cycle. F. con•tra•dance or con•tra•danse (kon'tra-dins') n. Vari- s( ants of contredanse. cc con•tra•dict (kon'tra-dikt') v. -dict-ed, -dict-ing, -dicts. —tr. fi 1. To assert or express the opposite of (a statement). 2. To < deny the statement of. 3. To be contrary to; be inconsistent with. —intr. To utter a contradictory statement. [Lat. con- co tradicere, contradict-, to speak against : contra-, against + d dicere, to speak.] —con'tra-dict'a-ble adj. —con'tra-dict'er, Co con'tra-dic'tor n. 1. con•tra•die•tion (kon'tra-dik'shan) n. 1. a. The act of con- 2. tradicting. b. The state of being contradicted. 2. A denial. ve 3. Inconsistency or discrepancy. 4. Something that contains co contradictory elements. co con•tra•dic•to•ry(kon'tra-dik'ta-re)adj. 1. Involving,having in the nature of, or being a contradiction. 2. Given to contra- co dicting. —n., pl. -ries. Logic. Either of two propositions re- c• lated in such a way that it is impossible for both to be true tv, or both to be false. —con'tra•dic'to•ri•ly adv. —con'tra-dic'- fo to•rl•ness n. co con•tra•dis•tinc•tion (kon'tra-di-stingk'shan) n. Distinction to by contrasting or opposing qualities. —con'tra•dis•tinc'tive cu adj. —con'tra•dis•tinc'tive•Iy adv. to con•tra•dis•tin•guish(kon'tra-di-sting'gwrsh)tr.v. -guished, Co -gulsh•Ing, -gulsh•es. To distinguish by contrasting quali- 1. ties. m, contrail (kon'tral') n. A visible trail of water droplets or ice lic crystals sometimes forming in the wake of an aircraft. de [CON(DENSATION) + TRAIL.] ut; con•tra•in•di•cate (kOn'tra-in'di-kat') tr.v. -cat•ed_ -eat-Inn II