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. [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] 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]