Decrease and Narrow

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water.

verb

• Make or become more narrow or restricted.
  • usage: "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
  • synonyms: contract
• Define clearly.
  • usage: "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
  • synonyms: pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, specify
• Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study.
  • usage: "She specializes in Near Eastern history"
  • synonyms: specialize, specialise, narrow down
• Become tight or as if tight.
  • usage: "Her throat constricted"
  • synonyms: constrict, constringe

adjective

• Not wide.
  • usage: "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
• Limited in size or scope.
  • usage: "the narrow sense of a word"
• Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view.
  • usage: "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"
  • synonyms: narrow-minded
• Very limited in degree.
  • usage: "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"
• Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination.
  • usage: "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"
  • synonyms: minute

• (superl.) Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
• (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
• (superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
• (v.t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
• (n.) A narrow passage; especially, a contracted part of a stream, lake or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.
• (v.i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
• (v.i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
• (superl.) Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
• (superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
• (v.i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
• (v.t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
• (superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.
• (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (v.i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
• (superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13.
• (superl.) Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
• (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.
• (v.i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
• (v.t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
• (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
• (n.) A narrow passage; especially, a contracted part of a stream, lake or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.
• (superl.) Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
• (superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
• (v.i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
• (v.t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
• (superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
• (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.