por: contrair

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Meaning
means	(verb) make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment" contract
means	(verb) reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" reduce, shrink
means	(verb) become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" shrink, contract
means	(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" shorten, reduce, abbreviate, contract, abridge, cut, foreshorten
means	(verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" contract, get, take