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contract

How to sign: squeeze or press together
"she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle";

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compress in ASL Watch how to sign compress in American Sign Language
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compress in ASL Watch how to sign compress in American Sign Language
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constrict in ASL Watch how to sign constrict in American Sign Language
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contractions in ASL Watch how to sign contractions in American Sign Language
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Similiar / Same: constrict, compress, compact, press, squeeze

Categories: tighten

Within this category: astringe, bear down, choke, choke, choke, convulse, convulse, prim, strangulate

contract

How to sign: a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

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Categories: written agreement

Within this category: adhesion contract, aleatory contract, articles of agreement, bilateral contract, charter, concession, conditional contract, cost-plus contract, distribution agreement, employment contract, gambling contract, indenture, labor contract, lease, licensing agreement, marriage contract, merger agreement, output contract, partnership, policy, purchase contract, quasi contract, requirements contract, sale in gross, sealed instrument, service contract, severable contract, subcontract

contract

How to sign: become smaller or draw together
"The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank";

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Similiar / Same: shrink

Categories: decrease, diminish, lessen

Within this category: flex

contract

How to sign: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
"He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill";

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Similiar / Same: get, take

Categories: come down, sicken

Within this category: catch

contract

How to sign: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened";

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Similiar / Same: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, reduce, cut

Categories: decrease, lessen, minify

Within this category: bowdlerize, digest

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