Narrowed - English meaning
Narrowed – definitions in English dictionary
verbBecome or make less wide.
Usage examples:
The road narrowed and crossed an old bridgeSynonims:
Get/become/make narrowerGet/become/make smallerTaperDiminishDecreaseReduceContractShrinkConstrictStraitenverbBecome or make more limited in extent or scope.
Usage examples:
The gap between the sexes is narrowing
adjectiveOf small width in relation to length.
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He made his way down the narrow road
adjectiveLimited in extent, amount, or scope.
Usage examples:
They ate a narrow range of foods
adjectiveDenoting or relating to a contest that is won or lost by only a very small margin.
Usage examples:
The home team just hung on for a narrow victory
adjectiveDenoting a vowel pronounced with the root of the tongue drawn back so as to narrow the pharynx.
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A narrow diphthong has less movement: in rp, the vowel of day, which moves from half-close to close.
nounA narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water.
Usage examples:
There was a car ferry across the narrows of loch long
verbPast simple and past participle of narrow
Usage examples:
The road narrows after the bridge., he narrowed his eyes in suspicion., they have narrowed the focu…
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Word origin
Old English nearu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naar ‘dismal, unpleasant’ and German Narbe ‘scar’. Early senses in English included ‘constricted’ and ‘mean’.
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