(v): make a promise or commitment
(v): engage by written agreement
(v): engage or hire for work
(v): squeeze or press together
(v): become tight or tighter
(v): be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
(v): get sick
(v): become smaller or draw together
(v): decrease in size, extent, or range
(v): make smaller
(v): reduce in size; reduce physically
(v): compress or concentrate
(v): cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
(v): make or become more narrow or restricted
(v): undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
(v): reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
(v): make smaller
(n): a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
(n): a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties
(n): (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
(n): (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
(n): a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
(n): any of various card games based on whist for four players
