Answer to "Shrink, in a way" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NARROW , but the solution may also be DOWNSIZE which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Boston Globe).

Shrink, in a way crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
NARROW	33 %	6
DOWNSIZE	33 %	8
COWER	33 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shrink, in a way

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• blench
• collapse
• contract
• coy
• cringe
• draw
• flinch
• full
• little
• recede
• shun
• shunt

Crossword Answer definitions

NARROW noun

1. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.

NARROW adjective

1. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
3. Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
4. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
5. Having a small margin or degree.
6. Limited as to means; straitened
7. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
8. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
9. Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.

NARROW verb

1. To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
2. To get narrower.
3. (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
4. To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
5. To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result NARROW

• Long and thin
• Like AAA shoes
• Short of breadth
• Like a 101-100 win
• Constricted
• Straight partner
• Come to the point?
• Close, as an escape
• Taper
• Tough to squeeze through

More clues leading to the result DOWNSIZE

• Cut staff
• Shrink, in a way
• Reduce the staff
• Diminish the work force ... or a literal hint to the answers to the four starred clues
• Shrink
• Engage in layoffs
• Reduce a staff, and make seven squares in this puzzle smaller, in a way

More clues leading to the result COWER

• Shrink in fear
• Hide in fear
• Cringe
• Show fear
• Act like a scaredy-cat
• Cringe in fear
• Be intimidated
• Act frightened
• Cringe; flinch
• Act intimidated