kahugtong : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

Word - rootword - affixes
kahugtong - hugtong - ka-~
ka.hug.tung. - 3 syllables

ka- = kahugtong
kahugtong

kahugtong :	contraction (n.)
hugtong :	contract (v.)

Derivatives of hugtong

Glosses:

contraction
n. (act)	1. contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction	(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber).
	~ shortening	act of decreasing in length.; "the dress needs shortening"
	~ contracture	an abnormal and usually permanent contraction of a muscle.
	~ tetanus	a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses.
	~ uterine contraction	a rhythmic tightening in labor of the upper uterine musculature that contracts the size of the uterus and pushes the fetus toward the birth canal.
	~ braxton-hicks contraction, false labor	painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency.
	~ vaginismus	muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close; usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic examination.
	~ physiology	the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms.
n. (event)	2. compression, condensation, contraction	the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together.; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"
	~ shrinkage, shrinking	process or result of becoming less or smaller.; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
	~ coarctation, constriction	tight or narrow compression.
n. (communication)	3. contraction	a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds.; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"
	~ word	a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
n. (act)	4. contraction	the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
	~ reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease	the act of decreasing or reducing something.