What is another word for narrow?
Pronunciation:
[ nˈaɹə͡ʊ], [ nˈaɹəʊ], [ n_ˈa_ɹ_əʊ]
Related words: skinny waist, small waist, tight waist, flat stomach, flat belly, narrow hips, waist training, tight stomach
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Similar words for narrow:
- all (adjective)
- bigoted (adjective)
- borne (adjective)
- carried (adjective)
- cheap, stingy (adjective)
- clannish (adjective)
- close (adjective)
- confined, restricted (adjective)
- conventional (adjective)
- cramped (adjective)
- definite (adjective)
- detailed (adjective)
- exclusive (adjective)
- exiguous (adjective)
- fixed (adjective)
- hard-fisted (adjective)
- insular (adjective)
- intolerant (adjective)
- intolerant, small-minded (adjective)
- lank (adjective)
- little (adjective)
- local (adjective)
- meager (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- narrow (adjective)
- narrow-minded (adjective)
- neck and neck (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- paltry (adjective)
- precise (adjective)
- prejudiced (adjective)
- provincial (adjective)
- prudish (adjective)
- scant/scanty (adjective)
- sectional (adjective)
- selfish (adjective)
- slender (adjective)
- slender/slim (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- small-town (adjective)
- stingy (adjective)
- tenuous (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- tight (adjective)
- tough (adjective)
- ungenerous (adjective)
- careful (noun)
- close-minded (noun)
- closed-minded (noun)
- constricting (noun)
- constrictive (noun)
- constringe (noun)
- dogmatic (noun)
- dogmatical (noun)
- illiberal (noun)
- marginal (noun)
- nail down (noun)
- narrow (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- specialise (noun)
- specialize (noun)
- abridge (verb)
- censor (verb)
- compress (verb)
- concentrate (verb)
- constrict (verb)
- contract (verb)
- lessen (verb)
- limit (verb)
- localize (verb)
- narrow (verb)
- reduce, simplify (verb)
- restrict (verb)
- shrink (verb)
- taper/taper off (verb)
- tighten (verb)
- other synonyms
- contract
- directional
- fine
- hazardous
- lessen
- limit
- localize
- other relevant words
- overnice
- stubborn
- tighten
Synonyms for Narrow:
adj.
• all (adjective) • bigoted (adjective)- more warped,
- warped,
- un fair,
- opinionated,
- obstinate,
- small minded,
- un fairest,
- most chauvinistic,
- un fairer,
- un-fairest,
- smallminded,
- un-fair,
- more chauvinistic,
- un-fairer,
- most warped.
- most rode,
- more braved,
- more tolerated,
- most tolerated,
- more rode,
- more endured,
- most toted,
- Tolerated,
- more toted,
- Endured,
- most braved,
- most endured.
- tapering,
- pent,
- fixed,
- shrunken,
- constricted,
- scant,
- circumscribed,
- pinched,
- fine,
- contracted,
- determinate,
- attenuated,
- taper,
- threadlike,
- Incapacious,
- set,
- meager,
- compressed,
- slim,
- limited,
- tapered,
- select,
- linear,
- spare.
- up tight,
- more doctrinal,
- de-mure,
- more straight laced,
- straight laced,
- most straight-laced,
- more straight-laced,
- rubest,
- stereo-typed,
- de mure,
- stereo typed,
- lamest,
- most isolationist,
- more straightlaced,
- rube,
- hidebound,
- most straightlaced,
- most doctrinal,
- in-flexible,
- most straight laced,
- more isolationist,
- up-tight,
- in flexible.
- more pent,
- un-comfortable,
- most pent,
- in-commodious,
- more squeezed,
- un comfortable,
- in-decipherable,
- more two by four,
- more two-by-four,
- tiny,
- most two-by-four,
- in decipherable,
- most squeezed,
- two by four,
- most crabbed,
- most two by four,
- in commodious.
- pre scribed,
- de-finite,
- de terminate,
- de-fined,
- more assigned,
- de-terminate,
- pre-scribed,
- de finite,
- more defined,
- de fined,
- most assigned,
- most defined.
- most unfolded,
- more circumstantiated,
- most described,
- most point by point,
- de-scribed,
- more disclosed,
- most circumstantiated,
- more point by point,
- dis-closed,
- more elaborate,
- de tailed,
- more described,
- in-dividual,
- more enumerated,
- most seriatim,
- allinclusive,
- ex-act,
- more amplified,
- most enumerated,
- un folded,
- most point-by-point,
- point-by-point,
- in dividual,
- more point-by-point,
- more elaborated,
- more clocklike,
- all inclusive,
- dis closed,
- de scribed,
- un-folded,
- most clocklike,
- co pious,
- more unfolded,
- ex act,
- de-tailed,
- co-pious,
- more seriatim,
- most disclosed,
- most elaborated,
- most amplified,
- more individualized,
- most individualized.
- un divided,
- in dependent,
- most exclusory,
- more exclusory,
- un-divided,
- dis-criminative,
- in-dependent,
- more exclusionary,
- upper crust,
- dis criminative,
- most exclusionary.
- un-modifiable,
- more prearranged,
- more unmodifiable,
- most neverfailing,
- more set up,
- never failing,
- pre arranged,
- in bag,
- un movable,
- more rigged,
- un-qualified,
- most setup,
- un blinking,
- un qualified,
- most set-up,
- un flinching,
- more undeviating,
- un-blinking,
- unmodifiable,
- most stipulated,
- most arranged,
- more arranged,
- un modifiable,
- un-deviating,
- most undeviating,
- un deviating,
- most never-failing,
- in alterable,
- pre-arranged,
- more set-up,
- un changeable,
- more resolved,
- in-alterable,
- un wavering,
- more agreed,
- more never failing,
- more unblinking,
- re-solved,
- un bending,
- un faltering,
- more neverfailing,
- un-wavering,
- most unmodifiable,
- most prearranged,
- more stipulated,
- more setup,
- in the bag,
- most set up,
- most never failing,
- un-flinching,
- un-bending,
- neverfailing,
- most rigged,
- more never-failing,
- most resolved,
- un-faltering,
- un-changeable,
- un-movable,
- most agreed,
- most unblinking.
- most inwardlooking,
- more inwardlooking,
- more inward looking,
- more inward-looking,
- inward looking,
- most sequestered,
- inwardlooking,
- most inward-looking,
- most inward looking,
- more contracted,
- most contracted,
- inward-looking,
- more sequestered.
- up-set,
- tilted,
- un sympathetic,
- more outraged,
- most short fuse,
- out raged,
- unindulgent,
- un indulgent,
- un charitable,
- more workedup,
- most shortfuse,
- anti pathetic,
- more shortfuse,
- un-indulgent,
- shortfuse,
- in-tolerant,
- un-charitable,
- more short-fuse,
- most racialist,
- more worked-up,
- more tilted,
- anti-pathetic,
- un willing,
- most tilted,
- out-raged,
- most communist,
- most worked-up,
- xenophobic,
- onesided,
- un-willing,
- more xenophobic,
- more short fuse,
- more unindulgent,
- one sided,
- individualistic,
- most outraged,
- in tolerant,
- workedup,
- more worked up,
- more racialist,
- more communist,
- un forbearing,
- un-forbearing,
- most worked up,
- most short-fuse,
- most unindulgent,
- fractious,
- most workedup,
- most xenophobic.
- most fleshless,
- all skin bones,
- Fleshless,
- thin as a rail,
- all skin and bones,
- more fleshless,
- thin as rail.
- short,
- diminutive,
- low,
- concise,
- minute,
- little,
- puny,
- brief,
- self-centered,
- delicate,
- compact,
- least,
- succinct,
- few.
- more divisional,
- most district,
- most parish,
- townest,
- most neighborhood,
- most divisional,
- more district,
- more parish,
- more neighborhood.
- scraggier,
- more rattleboned,
- most beanstalk,
- more beanstalk,
- most broomstick,
- most beanpole,
- most rattleboned,
- lithe,
- most stinted,
- more broomstick,
- more beanpole,
- more stinted,
- skin bones,
- more starved.
- down-at-heel,
- down at heel,
- second rate,
- lowborn,
- secondrate,
- second class,
- proletarian,
- second-rate,
- second-class,
- menial.
- over-modest,
- scraggy,
- broomstick,
- bigoted,
- exiguous,
- Unconsequential,
- reedy,
- clannish,
- closed in,
- Stalky,
- scraggiest,
- small town,
- localized,
- niggard,
- claustrophobic,
- straightlaced,
- narrow-minded,
- hard-shelled,
- straight-laced,
- precise,
- chauvinistic,
- gracile,
- rattleboned,
- up set,
- derisory,
- scanty,
- ruffianly,
- blow by blow,
- seriatim,
- in rut,
- slender,
- sexist,
- local,
- beyond doubt,
- featherweight,
- thin,
- prejudiced,
- worked-up,
- parochial,
- Exclusory,
- not heretical,
- mean,
- undernourished,
- small,
- overmodest,
- hardfisted,
- prearranged,
- lowdown,
- provincial,
- tenuous,
- intolerant,
- unblinking,
- hard line,
- two-by-four,
- isolationist,
- paltry,
- swank,
- tough,
- Clocklike,
- socially correct,
- over-nice,
- jammed in,
- beanstalk,
- scrimpy,
- short-fuse,
- set-up,
- twiggy,
- selfish,
- definite,
- close,
- Exclusionary,
- Circumstantiated,
- head-strong,
- sticker,
- barely sufficient,
- towner,
- point by point,
- ungenerous,
- hardbitten,
- exclusive,
- weedy,
- small-town,
- low-down,
- hardboiled,
- ruber,
- hardnosed,
- stingy,
- skin and bones,
- cramped,
- detailed,
- poler,
- racialist,
- sylphlike,
- at length,
- preconceived,
- doctrinal,
- tight,
- sectional,
- divisional,
- twiglike,
- tucked up,
- run of the mill,
- undeviating,
- never-failing,
- lithesome,
- lank.
- more low down,
- un-important,
- most low down,
- low down,
- more low-down,
- un-consequential,
- more derisory,
- more lowdown,
- more unconsequential,
- piddling,
- most unconsequential,
- in-considerable,
- most low-down,
- un consequential,
- most derisory,
- most lowdown,
- in considerable.
- pre-possessed,
- most preconceived,
- more leaning,
- most leaning,
- pre-conceived,
- most sexist,
- pre supposing,
- most presupposing,
- closedminded,
- more preconceived,
- closed minded,
- pre-supposing,
- pre possessed,
- dis criminatory,
- dis-criminatory,
- pre-disposed,
- pre conceived,
- more sexist,
- more presupposing.
- over nice,
- more overnice,
- most overnice,
- more overexact,
- most simpering,
- most overmodest,
- over exact,
- overnice,
- over modest,
- more overmodest,
- overexact,
- most overexact,
- over-exact,
- more simpering.
- stalkiest,
- most attenuate,
- more skeleton,
- more sylphlike,
- in substantial,
- stickest,
- in-substantial,
- stalkier,
- reediest,
- more attenuate,
- most sylphlike,
- reedier,
- most skeleton.
- small-fry,
- pocket-sized,
- small fry,
- mini,
- small-scale,
- shrimper,
- Toyer,
- minor-league,
- small time,
- pint-sized,
- bitty,
- shrimp,
- under-sized,
- runty.
- under-nourished,
- stilt,
- most twiglike,
- more featherweight,
- most pinched,
- most shriveled,
- most undernourished,
- polest,
- under-weight,
- stilter,
- more pinched,
- under nourished,
- most shadow,
- more undernourished,
- under weight,
- more twiglike,
- most featherweight,
- stiltest,
- more shadow,
- more shriveled.
- ex-acting,
- un manageable,
- in tractable,
- more ruffianly,
- more hardshelled,
- un forgiving,
- re-solute,
- most ruffianly,
- more hard-shelled,
- in-tractable,
- ex acting,
- un compromising,
- un-compromising,
- most hard-shelled,
- hard boiled,
- hardshelled,
- un-alterable,
- more hard shelled,
- un alterable,
- unforgiving,
- hard bitten,
- un-manageable,
- most hardshelled,
- un-forgiving,
- re solute,
- hard nosed,
- most hard shelled,
- un-controllable,
- hardline,
- hard shelled,
- un controllable.
n.
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- unsafe,
- demanding,
- near,
- complicated,
- precarious,
- hard,
- punishing,
- arduous,
- taxing,
- dangerous,
- challenging,
- endangered,
- be an effort,
- difficult.
v.
• abridge (verb)- re-duce,
- blue pencilled,
- put nutshell,
- puts nutshell,
- putting nutshell,
- de creasing,
- re duce,
- de creases,
- blue pencilling,
- re-duces,
- de crease,
- de-creased,
- de-creases,
- de creased,
- de-crease,
- puts in nutshell,
- blue penciling,
- blue penciled,
- de-creasing,
- blue pencils,
- putting in nutshell,
- re duces.
- with holds,
- de-contaminated,
- refuses transmission,
- re-press,
- re-viewed,
- with held,
- over seeing,
- dropped the iron curtain,
- over-seen,
- re vile,
- prevented publication,
- bluepenciled,
- de-contaminates,
- de contaminates,
- dropt the iron curtain,
- scissors out,
- preventing publication,
- re-vile,
- de contaminating,
- in spect,
- over-seeing,
- with-hold,
- re-strains,
- dropping the iron curtain,
- bluepencilled,
- bluepenciling,
- blue-penciled,
- puts the lid on,
- re pressed,
- re-straining,
- re pressing,
- over-sees,
- supervises communications,
- de-contaminate,
- blue-pencilled,
- scissored out,
- re views,
- Exscinding,
- scissoring out,
- putting lid on,
- re strain,
- re strains,
- exscinds,
- in spects,
- supervising communications,
- re straining,
- over sees,
- re-viewing,
- refused transmission,
- in-spect,
- re-pressing,
- over seen,
- dropping iron curtain,
- with hold,
- putting the lid on,
- bluepencil,
- refusing transmission,
- re presses,
- de-contaminating,
- re view,
- dropt iron curtain,
- de contaminate,
- with holding,
- re-strain,
- re press,
- Exscinded,
- re viewing,
- drops iron curtain,
- over-see,
- prevents publication,
- puts lid on,
- drops the iron curtain,
- bluepencils,
- re viewed,
- supervised communications,
- re-view,
- re-views,
- re-presses,
- over saw,
- dropped iron curtain,
- drop iron curtain,
- with-holds,
- over-saw,
- over see,
- de contaminated,
- bluepencilling,
- with-held,
- blue-pencilling,
- in-spects,
- cleaning up.
- tele scoping,
- densens,
- presses together,
- made brief,
- forced into space,
- boiled down,
- forcing into space,
- densifying,
- densened,
- de hydrates,
- de-hydrates,
- forces in to space,
- forcing in to space,
- de-hydrate,
- densifies,
- force in to space,
- tele-scoped,
- tele scoped,
- densified,
- boiling down,
- densening,
- tele-scoping,
- de hydrate,
- de hydrated,
- syncopates,
- de-hydrated,
- de-hydrating,
- forced in to space,
- de hydrating,
- makes brief,
- pressing together,
- making brief,
- forces into space,
- Syncopating.
- heaps up,
- getting to the meat,
- gotten the meat,
- gets meat,
- getting meat,
- gat meat,
- drew together,
- gat the meat,
- got to meat,
- gets the meat,
- gotten to meat,
- got meat,
- getting the meat,
- draws together,
- zeroes in,
- get the meat,
- getting to meat,
- gets to meat,
- got the meat,
- gotten to the meat,
- got to the meat,
- get meat,
- heaped up,
- gat to meat,
- gat to the meat,
- gets to the meat,
- zeroing in,
- gotten meat.
- sub-sided,
- sub-sides,
- draws in,
- drawing in,
- becomes smaller,
- re-ceding,
- re-cede,
- fell away,
- sub sided,
- de clines,
- sub-siding,
- re ceded,
- re ceding,
- de-cline,
- re cedes,
- de cline,
- de-clines,
- sub siding,
- re-cedes,
- re-ceded,
- becoming smaller,
- grew less,
- re cede,
- growing less,
- sub sides,
- sub side,
- sub-side.
- took the sting out,
- took the bite out,
- de grading,
- slowing down,
- taking edge off,
- softpedal,
- de-escalated,
- de-escalating,
- rolled back,
- take edge off,
- de-graded,
- de escalate,
- takes the sting out,
- deescalates,
- de graded,
- rolling back,
- slacks up,
- took sting out,
- taking the edge off,
- minifies,
- de escalated,
- wound down,
- slows down,
- taking the sting out,
- de escalating,
- take bite out,
- took edge off,
- winded down,
- rolls back,
- de grades,
- taking the bite out,
- took bite out,
- de-grades,
- takes edge off,
- taking sting out,
- takes the bite out,
- winds down,
- took the edge off,
- de escalates,
- slacking up,
- takes sting out,
- de grade,
- de-grading,
- de-grade,
- dieing down,
- de-escalates,
- takes bite out,
- taking bite out,
- slacked up,
- takes the edge off.
- pre-scribing,
- de-limits,
- de-fines,
- kept lid on,
- de limit,
- keeping lid on,
- de fines,
- draw line,
- de-fine,
- de limiting,
- de limits,
- de fine,
- pre-scribe,
- keeping the lid on,
- kept the lid on,
- keeps the lid on,
- de-limiting,
- de fining,
- pre scribe,
- de-fining,
- pre-scribes,
- keeps lid on,
- de-limit,
- pre scribing.
- shutting in,
- demarks,
- demarked,
- holds down,
- pinned down,
- pre-limits,
- pre limited,
- holding down,
- pre limits,
- kept within limits,
- puts ice,
- in-closes,
- in-close,
- keeping within bounds,
- sur rounded,
- keeping within limits,
- kept within bounds,
- demarking,
- in closes,
- hanging up,
- de-mark,
- pre limiting,
- prelimits,
- de-marks,
- de mark,
- pre-limiting,
- sur-rounding,
- putting on ice,
- sending up,
- in close,
- de-marking,
- puts on ice,
- prelimiting,
- re-strict,
- pre-limit,
- sur-rounded,
- putting ice,
- in-closed,
- hanged up,
- put ice,
- keeps within limits,
- pre-limited,
- cools down,
- in closed,
- in closing,
- re strict,
- pre limit,
- keeps within bounds,
- de marking,
- sur rounding,
- prelimited,
- de-marked,
- de marked,
- in-closing,
- de marks,
- shuts in.
- dying out,
- came point,
- dies away,
- comes to point,
- coming point,
- came a point,
- comes a point,
- come a point,
- coming to a point,
- come to point,
- dieing away,
- coming a point,
- coming to point,
- came to point,
- dieing out,
- come point,
- comes to a point,
- comes point,
- dying away,
- died away,
- awaying,
- came to a point,
- dies out,
- thinned out,
- thins out.
Other synonyms:
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- rigid,
- insular,
- conservative,
- conventional.
- falls away,
- grow less,
- wrinkle,
- Waned,
- fall away,
- grows less,
- lose,
- falling away,
- drew in,
- recede,
- become smaller,
- draw in,
- became smaller.
- take the bite out,
- deescalated,
- take sting out,
- Minified,
- minify,
- Downs,
- winding down,
- soft pedal,
- wind down,
- dies down,
- Minifying,
- take the edge off,
- slowed down,
- downed,
- deescalating,
- take the sting out,
- slow down,
- died down,
- slack up,
- lessening,
- deescalate,
- de-escalate,
- roll back,
- dying down,
- downing,
- die down.
- keep lid on,
- keep the lid on,
- limits,
- delimitates,
- delimitated,
- delimitating,
- hem in,
- rationed,
- rationing,
- delimitate.
- put in nutshell,
- zero in,
- make brief,
- prevent publication,
- embodies,
- get to the meat,
- died out,
- corking,
- Conglomerating,
- put on ice,
- force into space,
- tapers,
- draw together,
- cool down,
- Squashing,
- tensed,
- oversees,
- boil down,
- revile,
- Massing,
- cleans up,
- pinning down,
- demark,
- withhold,
- strangulate,
- shut in,
- zeroed in,
- get to meat,
- forgathers,
- pressed together,
- focalizes,
- syncopate,
- die out,
- Astringing,
- agglomerated,
- Exscind,
- limit,
- press together,
- forgathered,
- supervise communications,
- thinning out,
- thin out,
- astringe,
- telescopes,
- tenses,
- censor,
- tighten,
- Wedging,
- blue pencil,
- Agglomerating,
- come to a point,
- restrict,
- send up,
- OUTS,
- strangulating,
- cooled down,
- wasted away,
- aways,
- corked,
- put the lid on,
- Prelimit,
- falling short,
- suppress,
- snip,
- scissor out,
- compress,
- Inclosed,
- syncopated,
- cleaned up,
- Conglomerated,
- Telescoping,
- shrink,
- held down,
- taper off,
- outed,
- incloses,
- shrinking,
- pins down,
- put lid on,
- strangulates,
- blue-pencils,
- telescoped,
- sends up,
- fall short,
- heap up,
- die away,
- bleeping,
- Strangulated,
- bleeps,
- contract,
- Focalizing,
- blue-penciling,
- concentrate,
- hang up,
- localize,
- waste away,
- wedge,
- heaping up,
- boils down,
- bleep,
- drawing together,
- reviled,
- focalize,
- keep within bounds,
- densen,
- Inclosing,
- telescope,
- bleeped,
- Focalized,
- tapers off,
- sent up,
- wedged,
- cooling down,
- refuse transmission,
- grow smaller,
- keep within limits,
- constrict,
- forgathering,
- withholds,
- drop the iron curtain,
- squash,
- lessen,
- clean up,
- forgather,
- Overseeing,
- pin down,
- densify,
- inclose,
- wasting away,
- hold down,
- blue-pencil,
- tensing.
How to use "Narrow" in context?
The word "narrow" can have a variety of meanings, but often refers to someone or something that is not wide-ranging or complete. In this context, "narrow" can be used to describe something that is focused or specific. For example, a particular area of study or topic might be considered narrow if it is limited to a particular field of knowledge. Narrow can also be used to describe something that is not educated or well-rounded. For example, a person who is uneducated or not well-versed in many areas might be considered narrow-minded.
Paraphrases for Narrow:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
restricted.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
narrow-minded.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
bigoted, closer, closest, congested, constrained, constraining, constrictive, diminished, egoistic, egotistical, finite, illiberal, intimate, little, low, meagre, minimal, minor, miserly, modest, one-sided, petty, restrained, rigorous, scant, scarce, self-serving, selfish, shallow, simplistic, slender, slight, specific, strict, strictly, stringent, strong, tiny, weak.
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Proper noun, singular
less.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
circumscribed, cramped, myopic, parochial, reductionist, reductive, restrictive, rigid, shortsighted, slim, small, small-minded, blinkered, short-sighted.
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Adjective
Homophones for Narrow:
- NRA, nearer, nauru, nero, NRO, noria, newari, nowhere, NARA, nary, nunnery, namur, no more, niner, namer, naira, norway, nmr, near, nonhairy, nehru, New Year, ne'er.
Hypernym for Narrow:
v.
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taper off, bottleneck.
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Hyponym for Narrow:
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- Radiated.