NARROWING
Dictionary entry overview: What does narrowing mean?
• NARROWING (noun)
The noun NARROWING has 3 senses:
1. an instance of becoming narrow
2. a decrease in width
3. the act of making something narrower
Familiarity information: NARROWING used as a noun is uncommon.
• NARROWING (adjective)
The adjective NARROWING has 2 senses:
1. becoming gradually narrower
2. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Familiarity information: NARROWING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NARROWING (noun)
Meaning:
An instance of becoming narrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("narrowing" is a kind of...):
configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "narrowing"):
coarctation ((biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta)
taper (the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone))
bottleneck; chokepoint; constriction (a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel)
Meaning:
A decrease in width
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("narrowing" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (a process of becoming smaller or shorter)
Antonym:
widening (an increase in width)
Meaning:
The act of making something narrower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("narrowing" is a kind of...):
change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)
Antonym:
widening (the act of making something wider)
• NARROWING (adjective)
Meaning:
Becoming gradually narrower
Synonyms:
narrowing; tapered; tapering
Context examples:
long tapering fingers / trousers with tapered legs
Similar:
narrow (not wide)
Meaning:
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Synonyms:
constrictive; constricting; narrowing
Similar:
narrow (not wide)
