To change; transform.
Of a population, to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
To move in regular procession through a system.
To come into being; develop.
Of a trait, to develop within a population via biological evolution.
Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
To cause something to change or transform.
A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
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.
Having a small margin or degree.
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
To get narrower.