contracting
noun
- entering into a contract
- process of acquiring, coming down with
- act or process of drawing together or nearer, becoming smaller, shorter, tighter or shrinking
Wiktionary
adj
- Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area.
noun
- The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.
“the contractings of his muscles”
- Work done on a contract basis.
verb
- present participle and gerund of contract