'Narrowing' definitions:

Definition of 'narrowing'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs" [syn: tapered, tapering, narrowing]
adjective
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom [syn: constricting, constrictive, narrowing]
noun
An instance of becoming narrow
noun
A decrease in width [ant: broadening, widening]
noun
The act of making something narrower [ant: broadening, widening]

Definition of 'Narrowing'

From: GCIDE
  • Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Narrowing.] [AS. nearwian.]
  • 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Narrowing'

From: GCIDE
  • Narrowing \Nar"row*ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed. [1913 Webster]