samentrekking — meaning in English
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English meaning
- contraction noun A shortened form of a word or words, often marked with an apostrophe.
- wince noun A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
Senses
samentrekking is used for these senses in English:
- contraction (linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
- wince A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
contraction — full definition
- noun A shortened form of a word or words, often marked with an apostrophe.
- noun A strong tightening of the uterine muscles that occurs before and during childbirth.
- noun A shrinking or reduction in size, scope, or economic activity.
wince — full definition
- noun A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
- noun A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.