- AS. nearwian
- To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
- 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.Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings.
- KnittingTo contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
