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narrowed

  • 1 narrow

    ['nærəu] 1. adjective
    1) (having or being only a small distance from side to side: a narrow road; The bridge is too narrow for large lorries to cross.) estreito
    2) (only just managed: a narrow escape.) (por um) triz
    3) ((of ideas, interests or experience) not extensive enough.) limitado
    2. verb
    (to make or become narrow: The road suddenly narrowed.) estreitar-se
    - narrows
    - narrow-minded
    * * *
    nar.row
    [n'ærou] n 1 (geralmente no pl) estreito. 2 desfiladeiro, garganta. • vt+vi 1 estreitar. 2 apertar. 3 limitar, restringir. 4 diminuir, reduzir. • adj 1 estreito. 2 apertado. 3 limitado, restrito, exíguo. he kept her on the straight and narrow / ele a mantinha na linha (dentro das regras). 4 mesquinho, egoístico. 5 cuidadoso, minucioso. 6 insuficiente. 7 tenso. to have a narrow escape escapar por pouco. to narrow down to reduzir-se a, restringir-se.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > narrow

  • 2 squint

    [skwint] 1. verb
    1) (to have the physical defect of having the eyes turning towards or away from each other or to cause the eyes to do this: The child squints; You squint when you look down at your nose.) ser vesgo
    2) ((with at, up at, through etc) to look with half-shut or narrowed eyes: He squinted through the telescope.) olhar com os olhos semicerrados
    2. noun
    1) (a squinting position of the eyes: an eye-operation to correct her squint.) estrabismo
    2) (a glance or look at something: Let me have a squint at that photograph.) olhadela
    3. adjective, adverb
    ((placed etc) crookedly or not straight: Your hat is squint.) de través
    * * *
    [skwint] n 1 piscar de olhos. 2 olhadela, olhar de soslaio. 3 estrabismo. he has a squint / ele é vesgo ou estrábico. 4 inclinação, tendência. • vt+vi 1 piscar, olhar com os olhos meio fechados. 2 manter os olhos meio fechados. 3 olhar de soslaio. 4 ser estrábico ou vesgo. 5 andar ou correr em sentido oblíquo, inclinar-se. • adj estrábico, vesgo, que olha de soslaio. he squints at ele está cobiçando com os olhos. to have/ take a squint coll dar uma olhada.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > squint

  • 3 narrow

    ['nærəu] 1. adjective
    1) (having or being only a small distance from side to side: a narrow road; The bridge is too narrow for large lorries to cross.) estreito
    2) (only just managed: a narrow escape.) apertado
    3) ((of ideas, interests or experience) not extensive enough.) limitado, exíguo
    2. verb
    (to make or become narrow: The road suddenly narrowed.) estreitar(-se)
    - narrows - narrow-minded

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > narrow

  • 4 squint

    [skwint] 1. verb
    1) (to have the physical defect of having the eyes turning towards or away from each other or to cause the eyes to do this: The child squints; You squint when you look down at your nose.) ser estrábico
    2) ((with at, up at, through etc) to look with half-shut or narrowed eyes: He squinted through the telescope.) olhar com os olhos semicerrados
    2. noun
    1) (a squinting position of the eyes: an eye-operation to correct her squint.) estrabismo
    2) (a glance or look at something: Let me have a squint at that photograph.) olhadela
    3. adjective, adverb
    ((placed etc) crookedly or not straight: Your hat is squint.) torto

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > squint

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  • narrowed — adjective 1. reduced in size as by squeezing together (Freq. 2) his narrowed eyes • Similar to: ↑narrow 2. made narrow; limited in breadth narrowed arteries impair blood circulation a narrowed view of the world …   Useful english dictionary

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  • narrowed — adj. Narrowed is used with these nouns: ↑artery, ↑eye, ↑lid …   Collocations dictionary

  • narrowed — nar·row || nærəʊ v. make narrow, limit, restrict; contract, lessen in width, taper adj. tight, strait; reduced; narrow minded; not wide n. narrow place (valley, mountain pass, etc.); narrow passage …   English contemporary dictionary

  • stenosed — Narrowed; contracted; strictured. * * * ste·nosed ste nōst, nōzd adj affected with stenosis: abnormally constricted <a stenosed eustachian tube> * * * ste·nosed (stə nōzdґ) narrowed or constricted …   Medical dictionary

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  • stenotic — Narrowed; affected with stenosis. SYN: stenosal. * * * ste·not·ic stə nät ik adj of, relating to, characterized by, or causing stenosis <stenotic lesions> …   Medical dictionary

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