Contract and Outspread

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Contract verb - To reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together.

Usage example: contract the calf muscles in your legs

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Outspread is an antonym for contract.

Outspread verb - To arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area.

Usage example: when it outspread its wings, a pteranodon would have had a wingspan in excess of 20 feet

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Contract is an antonym for outspread in topics: extend, spread out.

Nearby Word: outspreading

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