contracting
Drawing inward tightly
Contracting is the act of entering into formal agreements, particularly for business services: The company is contracting with local vendors for supplies.
It also describes the process of acquiring or developing something unwanted: contracting a disease, contracting debts.
In its physical sense, contracting means shrinking or tightening: The metal is contracting as it cools.
Becoming progressively less
- reducingMaking less or smaller
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
narrowing · deflating · condensing · compressing · tightening · constricting · receding · subsiding
Offering prices or obeying
- tenderSoft or sore
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- invoiceItemized billing statement
- procurementObtaining goods externally
vendor · supplier · negotiation · agreement · outsourcing · project management · estimation · quote
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
- exposureState of being unprotected
- catchingAble to be transmitted
- acquiringGaining possession of
illness · virus · bacteria · contagion · pathogen · susceptibility · immunity · incubation
Detailed technical drawing
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- excavationAct of unearthing
- cementCalcium powder binding agent
bricklaying · masonry · carpentry · framework · joists · girders · plastering · wiring
Muscle-to-bone connector
- actinCellular contractile protein
- myosinMotor protein enabling contraction
- spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
- crampPainful muscle seizure
relaxation · twitch · isotonic · isometric · flexion · neuromuscular · excitation · fasciculation
diminishing
Becoming progressively less
- reducingMaking less or smaller
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- decreasingBecoming smaller or fewer
dwindling · narrowing · deflating · condensing · compressing · tightening · constricting · receding · subsiding · collapsing
bidding
Offering prices or obeying
procurement · vendor · supplier · negotiation · agreement · outsourcing · project management · estimation · quote · request for proposal
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
- exposureState of being unprotected
- catchingAble to be transmitted
acquiring · illness · virus · bacteria · contagion · pathogen · susceptibility · immunity · incubation · outbreak
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- excavationAct of unearthing
cement · bricklaying · masonry · carpentry · framework · joists · girders · plastering · wiring · plumbing
tendon
Muscle-to-bone connector
- actinCellular contractile protein
- myosinMotor protein enabling contraction
- spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
cramp · relaxation · twitch · isotonic · isometric · flexion · neuromuscular · excitation · fasciculation · tetanus
- compressioncompress, compression, compressor, compressing, compact
- digestionstomach acid, swallowing, digesting, chewing, digestion
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- departmentsdepartment, HR department, finance department, legal department, marketing department
- Reduceshrink, diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce
contractingexpanding
Growing in scope
elaborating · expounding · enlarging · broadening · dilating
contractingexpanding
Growing in scope
growing · flourishing · booming · thriving · developing
- defense contractingMilitary supply industry
- economic contractionDecline in monetary activity
- muscle contractionFibers tensing and shortening
- contractile vacuoleWater-expelling organelle in protists
- contraction timingMeasuring labor interval duration
- contraction timerDevice timing labor intervals