| slovo | definícia |
narrowed
(encz) | narrowed,zúžený |
narrowed
(gcide) | narrowed \narrowed\ adj.
reduced in size as if by being squeezed.
Syn: constricted.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Narrowed
(gcide) | 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 reach or sphere of; to make less liberal
or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to
narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in
discussion.
[1913 Webster]
Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine
ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I.
Watts.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by
taking two stitches into one.
[1913 Webster] |
narrowed
(wn) | narrowed
adj 1: reduced in size as by squeezing together; "his narrowed
eyes"
2: made narrow; limited in breadth; "narrowed arteries impair
blood circulation"; "a narrowed view of the world" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Narrowed
(gcide) | narrowed \narrowed\ adj.
reduced in size as if by being squeezed.
Syn: constricted.
[WordNet 1.5]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 reach or sphere of; to make less liberal
or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to
narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in
discussion.
[1913 Webster]
Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine
ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I.
Watts.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by
taking two stitches into one.
[1913 Webster] |
|