'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]
Synonyms of 'narrowing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- ban,
- bar,
- barring,
- blockade,
- bottleneck,
- boycott,
- cervix,
- circumscription,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- confining,
- consolidation,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- cramping,
- curtailment,
- debarment,
- debarring,
- decrease,
- demarcation,
- diminuendo,
- disentanglement,
- disinvolvement,
- distillation,
- embargo,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- inadmissibility,
- injunction,
- isthmus,
- knitting,
- limitative,
- limiting,
- lockout,
- narrow place,
- neck,
- nonadmission,
- omission,
- preclusion,
- prohibition,
- puckering,
- purification,
- pursing,
- reduction,
- refinement,
- rejection,
- relegation,
- repudiation,
- restricting,
- restriction,
- restrictive,
- shortening,
- simplification,
- solidification,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- streamlining,
- striction,
- stricture,
- stripping,
- stripping down,
- systole,
- taboo,
- taper,
- tapering,
- uncluttering,
- unscrambling,
- unsnarling,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling
Words containing 'Narrowing'
- Narrow,
- Narrowed,
- Narrower,
- Narrowness,
- Narrows,
- narrow down,
- Kent Narrows,
- Narrow gauge,
- Narrows, VA,
- narrow boat,
- narrow coverage,
- narrow escape,
- narrow goldenrod,
- narrow margin,
- narrow minded,
- narrow pennant,
- narrow the gap,
- narrow wale,
- straight and narrow,
- strait and narrow,
- verrazano narrows,
- Kent Narrows, MD,
- Narrow-minded,
- Narrow-mindedness,
- narrow beech fern,
- narrow-bodied,
- narrow-body,
- narrow-mindedly,
- narrow-mouthed,
- tacoma narrows bridge,
- narrow-body aircraft,
- narrow-leaf cattail,
- narrow-leaf penstemon,
- narrow-leaved bottletree,
- narrow-leaved plantain,
- narrow-leaved reedmace,
- narrow-leaved spleenwort,
- verrazano-narrows bridge,
- eastern narrow-mouthed toad,
- narrow-leaved everlasting pea,
- narrow-leaved flame flower,
- narrow-leaved strap fern,
- narrow-leaved water plantain,
- western narrow-mouthed toad,
- narrow-leaved white-topped aster