Hypertext Webster Gateway: "narrowing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Narrowing \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine
ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I.
Watts.
3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by
taking two stitches into one.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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