contract

Become smaller or draw together.

Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.

Make smaller.

“The heat contracted the woollen garment”

Enter into a contractual arrangement.

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.

Make or become more narrow or restricted.

Compress or concentrate.

Engage by written agreement.

Squeeze or press together.

“the spasm contracted the muscle”

A binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law.

(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make.

A variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid.