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narrowing

/ˈnæroʊɪŋ/ /ˈnærəʊɪŋ/

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verb

Estrechar, reducir

To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

Examples :

"We need to narrow the search."

Necesitamos reducir la búsqueda.

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verb

Estrecharse, reducirse

To get narrower.

Examples :

"The road narrows."

El camino se estrecha.

condition process

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verb

Entrecerrar, estrechar

(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.

Examples :

"He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits."

Se puso delante de mí, entrecerrando los ojos.

body appearance action physiology human

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verb

Disminuir, reducir

To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

Examples :

"My grandmother is narrowing the toe of my wool socks by taking two stitches together to make them fit better. "

Mi abuela está disminuyendo la punta de mis calcetines de lana tomando dos puntos juntos para que me queden mejor.

wear material process

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verb

Reducir

To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

Examples :

"to narrow an int variable to a short variable"

reducir una variable int a una variable short

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noun

Estrechamiento, reducción

The process of becoming narrow.

Examples :

"narrowings of the road"

Estrechamientos de la carretera

process condition

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noun

Estrechamiento

The part of a stocking that is narrowed.

Examples :

"The pattern on the knitting instructions showed exactly where the narrowing of the stocking should begin. "

El patrón en las instrucciones de tejido mostraba exactamente dónde debía comenzar el estrechamiento de la media.