narrow (v)
contract (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def make or become more narrow or restricted
examples The selection was narrowed
The road narrowed
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym change
Derivationally related form contract → contraction
Derivationally related form narrow → narrow; narrow → narrowing
Antonym narrow → widen
Also see narrow → narrow down
Hyponym bottleneck; taper off
Incoming links
Derivationally related form contraction → contract
Derivationally related form narrowing → narrow; narrow → narrow
Hyponym change
Antonym widen → narrow
Hypernym bottleneck; taper off

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