narrows
verb
- 1
To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
“We need to narrow the search.”
- 2
To get narrower.
“The road narrows.”
- 3
(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.”
- 4
To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- 5
To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
“to narrow an int variable to a short variable”
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noun
- 1
A narrow part of a navigable waterway.
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