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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nar·row
,
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Narrowed
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Narrowing
.]
1.
To
lessen
the
breadth
of
;
to
contract
;
to
draw
into
a
smaller
compass
;
to
reduce
the
width
or
extent
of
.
2.
To
contract
the
reach
or
sphere
of
;
to
make
less
liberal
or
more
selfish
;
to
limit
;
to
confine
;
to
restrict
;
as
,
to
narrow
one's
views
or
knowledge
;
to
narrow
a
question
in
discussion
.
Our
knowledge
is
much
more
narrowed
if
we
confine
ourselves
to
our
own
solitary
reasonings
.
--
I
.
Watts
.
3.
Knitting
To
contract
the
size
of
,
as
a
stocking
,
by
taking
two
stitches
into
one
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
narrowed
adj
1:
reduced
in
size
as
by
squeezing
together
; "
his
narrowed
eyes
"
2:
made
narrow
;
limited
in
breadth
; "
narrowed
arteries
impair
blood
circulation
"; "
a
narrowed
view
of
the
world
"
3:
having
the
opening
reduced
squeezed
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