narrowing

narrowing
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • narrowing — index centralization, decrease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • narrowing — narrow narrow 2 verb [intransitive, transitive] also narrow down to become less or to make something less in range, difference etc: • Growing competition for contracts will narrow profit margins. • The gap between the two companies is clearly… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • narrowing — siaurinimas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. narrowing vok. Einengung, f; Verschmälerung, f rus. сужение, n; уменьшение ширины, n pranc. rétrécissement, m …   Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas

  • narrowing — susiaurėjimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. constriction; narrowing; waist vok. Einengung, f; Einschnürung, f; Verengerung, f rus. сужение, n pranc. constriction, f; pincement, m; rétrécissement, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • narrowing — См. Bedeutungsverschiebung …   Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • narrowing — Смотри Пережим …   Энциклопедический словарь по металлургии

  • narrowing — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shortening, restricting, lessening; see abbreviation 2 , contraction 1 , reduction 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • narrowing — nar·row || nærəʊ v. make narrow, limit, restrict; contract, lessen in width, taper adj. tight, strait; reduced; narrow minded; not wide n. narrow place (valley, mountain pass, etc.); narrow passage …   English contemporary dictionary

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