- nearwian
- wv/t2 1 to force in, cramp, confine, afflict; to make narrow, straiten, compress; crowd; become smaller, shrink, become narrow, contracted
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Narrowed — 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Narrowing — 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
narrow — {{11}}narrow (adj.) O.E. nearu narrow, constricted, limited; petty; causing difficulty, oppressive; strict, severe, from W.Gmc. *narwaz narrowness (Cf. Fris. nar, O.S. naru, M.Du. nare, Du. naar); not found in other Germanic languages and of… … Etymology dictionary
