narrowed
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narrowed verb
- To reduce in width or extent; to contract.“We need to narrow the search.”
- To get narrower.“The road narrows.”
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.“He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.”
- To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
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taperconstrictedcontractedabatedabbreviatedabridgedalleviatedattenuatedbluntedbridgedcircumscribedconcentratedconfinedconsistedconstrainedcurtailedcut
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