1
[ adjective ] reduced in size as by squeezing together

Examples

"his narrowed eyes"

Used in print

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

Occasionally if I pushed him too far he 'd give me a look out of narrowed eyes and the hard cruel bony skull would show through that smooth face of his .

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narrow

2
[ adjective ] made narrow; limited in breadth

Examples

"narrowed arteries impair blood circulation" "a narrowed view of the world"

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constricted

3
[ adjective ] having the opening reduced squeezed

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contracted

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