N. contraction, reduction, diminution, decrease of size,
defalcation, decrement,
lessening,
shrinking,
compaction,
tabes,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction, consumption,
marasmus,
atrophy,
systole, neck,
hourglass,
condensation, compression, compactness,
compendium,
squeezing,
strangulation,
corrugation,
astringency, astringents, sclerotics,
contractility,
compressibility,
coarctation, inferiority in size
V. become small, become smaller,
lessen, decrease, grow less,
dwindle,
shrink, contract, narrow,
shrivel,
collapse, wither, lose flesh,
wizen, fall away, waste,
wane,
ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller,
lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow,
coarctate, boil down,
constrict,
constringe,
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush, crumple up,
warp, purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow,
pinch,
tighten,
strangle,
cramp,
dwarf,
bedwarf,
shorten,
circumscribe, restrain,
abrade,
pare, reduce,
attenuate, rub down,
scrape,
file, file down,
grind, grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear, wear down
Adj. contracting,
astringent,
shrunk, contracted,
strangulated,
tabid,
wizened,
stunted,
waning,
neap, compact, unexpanded &c. (expand ),
contractile,
compressible, smaller &c. (small )
N. extraction, extracting &c. # v, removal,
elimination,
extrication,
eradication, evolution,
evulsion,
avulsion,
wrench, expression,
squeezing,
extirpation,
extermination,
ejection, export,
extractor,
corkscrew,
forceps,
pliers V. extract, draw, take out, draw out, pull out, tear out, pluck out, pick out, get out, wring from,
wrench,
extort, root up, weed up, grub up, rake up, root out, weed out, grub out, rake out,
eradicate, pull up by the roots, pluck up by the roots, averruncate|, unroot,
uproot, pull up,
extirpate,
dredge, remove,
educe,
elicit,
evolve,
extricate,
eliminate,
eviscerate, express, squeeze out, press out
Adj. extracted
