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Narrowed – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Become or make less wide.

Usage examples:

The road narrowed and crossed an old bridge

Synonims:

Get/become/make narrowerGet/become/make smallerTaperDiminishDecreaseReduceContractShrinkConstrictStraiten
verb

Become or make more limited in extent or scope.

Usage examples:

The gap between the sexes is narrowing
adjective

Of small width in relation to length.

Usage examples:

He made his way down the narrow road
adjective

Limited in extent, amount, or scope.

Usage examples:

They ate a narrow range of foods
adjective

Denoting 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
adjective

Denoting a vowel pronounced with the root of the tongue drawn back so as to narrow the pharynx.

Usage examples:

A narrow diphthong has less movement: in rp, the vowel of day, which moves from half-close to close.
noun

A narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water.

Usage examples:

There was a car ferry across the narrows of loch long
verb

Past 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…

Narrowed translation into English

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缩小

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Versmald

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Rétréci

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Eingeengt

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संकुचित

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Ristretto

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좁혀진

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Суженный

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Estrechado

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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