become narrower (verb)

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• narrow — /ˈnæroʊ / (say naroh) adjective 1. of little breadth or width; not broad or wide: a narrow room. 2. limited in extent or space, or affording little room: narrow quarters. 3. limited in range or scope. 4. lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as… …  

• constrict — verb make or become narrower, especially by encircling pressure. ↘(of a snake) coil round (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. Derivatives constriction noun constrictive adjective Origin C18 (earlier (ME) as constriction): from L. constrict ,… …   English new terms dictionary

• taper — ta|per1 [ teıpər ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to gradually become narrower toward one end, or make something narrower toward one end 2. ) taper or taper off intransitive to gradually become less: Spending has tapered off from $844… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• narrow — 1 adjective 1 NOT WIDE not wide, especially in comparison with length or with what is usual: a narrow winding valley | a long narrow room | There are plans to widen the narrowest sections of the road. compare broad 1 (1) opposite wide 1 (1) 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• taper — I UK [ˈteɪpə(r)] / US [ˈteɪpər] verb Word forms taper : present tense I/you/we/they taper he/she/it tapers present participle tapering past tense tapered past participle tapered 1) [intransitive/transitive] to gradually become narrower towards… …   English dictionary

• narrow*/*/*/ — [ˈnærəʊ] adj I 1) if something is narrow, there is only a short distance from one side of it to the other Ant: wide narrow streets[/ex] 2) limited Ant: broad a narrow range of options[/ex] 3) used about something that you succeed in doing but… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• pinch´er — pinch «pihnch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to squeeze between the thumb and forefinger, with the teeth or claws, or with any instrument having two jaws or parts between which something may be grasped: »Father pinched the baby s cheek playfully.… …   Useful english dictionary

• pinch — /pɪntʃ / (say pinch) verb (t) 1. to compress between the finger and thumb, the jaws of an instrument, or any two opposed surfaces. 2. to compress, constrict, or squeeze painfully, as a tight shoe does. 3. to cramp within narrow bounds or quarters …  

• List of Chicano Caló words and expressions — The following is a list of Chicano slang words and expressions, known as Caló, also spelled Calo and Kalo by modern Chicano youth. It does not list words and expressions of the language of the Spanish Roma people, which is also called Caló,… …   Wikipedia

• taper — [OE] Taper is ultimately the same word as paper. Both go bach to Latin papyrus ‘papyrus’. This was used among other things for a ‘candlewick made from papyrus’, and hence for a ‘candle’. It seems to have been borrowed in this sense into Old… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• constrict — [[t]kənstrɪ̱kt[/t]] constricts, constricting, constricted 1) V ERG If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower. [V n] Severe migraine can be treated with a drug which… …   English dictionary