narrowed
SayNA-rohdUS/ˈnæɹoʊd/UK/ˈnæɹəʊd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of narrow.
Her eyes narrowed when she heard the unexpected accusation.
The river narrowed sharply just before it reached the old bridge.
Note
One spelling does double duty: the plain past (the road narrowed) and the participle after have or be (the gap has narrowed; the gap was narrowed by new fencing). Because narrow works with or without an object, the participle can be perfect or passive. Knitters narrow a stocking by taking two stitches into one, and programmers speak of a value narrowed to a type that holds fewer values.
narrowed is a form of narrow
narrow, verb: To reduce something in width or extent; to contract it. Full entry
- Spelling
- narrow → narrowed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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