גְּמַד, (cmp. קמט, קמץ) to contract, shrink, be tight. Pes. 111ᵃ גְּמוּד מסאניה (Ms. M. גמד) his shoes shrank (became too tight). Ḥull. 43ᵃ גמדא ליה (the gullet) contracts. Gitt. 57ᵃ גמדא the land shrinks, opp. רווחא. Yoma 69ᵃ; Bets. 15ᵃ האי נמטא גמדא דנרש וכ׳ the shrunk (hard) mattress of Narash (which does not warm) is permitted (does not come under the law of כִּלְאַיִם).—Part. pass. גְּמִיד contracted, atrophied. Targ. Jud. III, 15; XX, 16 (h. text אִטֵּר q. v.).