ALL meanings of contractible
con·tract
C c - noun contractible Able to be shrunk or capable of contracting. 1
- noun contractible an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified. 1
- noun contractible an agreement enforceable by law. 1
- noun contractible the written form of such an agreement. 1
- noun contractible the division of law dealing with contracts. 1
- noun contractible Also called contract bridge. a variety of bridge in which the side that wins the bid can earn toward game only that number of tricks named in the contract, additional points being credited above the line. Compare auction bridge. 1
- noun contractible a commitment by the declarer and his or her partner to take six tricks plus the number specified by the final bid made. the final bid itself. the number of tricks so specified, plus six. 1
- noun contractible the formal agreement of marriage; betrothal. 1
- noun contractible Slang. an arrangement for a hired assassin to kill a specific person. 1
- adjective contractible under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier. 1
- verb with object contractible to draw together or into smaller compass; draw the parts of together: to contract a muscle. 1
- verb with object contractible to wrinkle: to contract the brows. 1
- verb with object contractible to shorten (a word, phrase, etc.) by combining or omitting some of its elements: Contracting “do not” yields “don't.”. 1
- verb with object contractible to get or acquire, as by exposure to something contagious: to contract a disease. 1
- verb with object contractible to incur, as a liability or obligation: to contract a debt. 1
- verb with object contractible to settle or establish by agreement: to contract an alliance. 1
- verb with object contractible to assign (a job, work, project, etc.) by contract: The publisher contracted the artwork. 1
- verb with object contractible to enter into an agreement with: to contract a free-lancer to do the work. 1
- verb with object contractible to enter into (friendship, acquaintance, etc.). 1
- verb with object contractible to betroth. 1
- verb without object contractible to become drawn together or reduced in compass; become smaller; shrink: The pupils of his eyes contracted in the light. 1
- verb without object contractible to enter into an agreement: to contract for snow removal. 1
- idioms contractible put out a contract on, Slang. to hire or attempt to hire an assassin to kill (someone): The mob put out a contract on the informer. 1
- adjective contractible Capable of contraction. 0
- adjective contractible (mathematics) (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation. 0