Narrowing
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:16 pts9 letters
Definition of Narrowing
verb
- To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
"We need to narrow the search."
- To get narrower.
"The road narrows."
- (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."
- To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- 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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Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
taper
ANTONYMS
widen