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Narrowing

Narrowing Meaning & Definition
Narrowing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Narrowing?

[n] the act of making something narrower
[n] an instance of becoming narrow
[n] a decrease in width
[adj] (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
[adj] becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Narrowing: constricting | constrictive | narrow | tapered | tapering

Related Terms | Find terms related to Narrowing: 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

See Also | bottleneck | change of shape | coarctation | configuration | conformation | constriction | contour | decrease | decrement | form | shape | taper

Narrowing In Webster's Dictionary

\Nar"row*ing\, n. 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. 2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

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