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narrowing

Verb

Noun

narrow

Adjective

∙ Having a small width; not wide; slim; slender; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
∙ Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
∙ Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude. figuratively
∙ Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted.
∙ Having a small margin or degree.
∙ Limited as to means; straitened; pinching. dated
∙ Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
∙ Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
∙ Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide. phonetics

Verb

∙ To reduce in width or extent; to contract. transitive
∙ To get narrower. intransitive
∙ To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. knitting

Noun

∙ A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water. chiefly in the plural

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