narrows

verb

  1. 1

    To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

    We need to narrow the search.
  2. 2

    To get narrower.

    The road narrows.
  3. 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. 4

    To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

  5. 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. 1

    A narrow part of a navigable waterway.

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