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Found 3 hits - Term: narrowed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
narrow \nar"row\, v. t. imp.  p. p. narrowed; p. pr.  vb.
   n. narrowing. as. nearwian.
   1. to lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a
      smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. --sir
      w. temple.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine
            ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --i.
                                                  watts.
      1913 webster

   3. knitting to contract the size of, as a stocking, by
      taking two stitches into one.
      1913 webster
see also:
narrowed narrowing 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
narrowed \narrowed\ adj.
   reduced in size as if by being squeezed.

   syn: constricted.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : 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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