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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Narrowing (0.00928 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to Narrowing.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: narrow
sempit
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: narrow
ciut, cupat, genting, memperciut, menciutkan, menyempit, menyempitkan, sempit
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: narrowing
narrowing
adj 1: becoming gradually narrower;
“long tapering fingers”;
“trousers with tapered legs” [syn:
tapered,
tapering]
2: (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom [syn:
constricting,
constrictive]
n 1: an instance of becoming narrow
2: a decrease in width [ant:
widening]
3: the act of making something narrower [ant:
widening]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Narrowing
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.
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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.
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Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine
ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I.
Watts.
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3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by
taking two stitches into one.
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Narrowing
\Nar"row*ing\, n.
1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in
breadth or extent.
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2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
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