narrowing 音标拼音: [n'ɛroɪŋ]
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narrowing adj 1 :
becoming gradually narrower ; "
long tapering fingers ";
"
trousers with tapered legs " [
synonym : {
tapered }, {
tapering },
{
narrowing }]
2 : (
of circumstances )
tending to constrict freedom [
synonym :
{
constricting }, {
constrictive }, {
narrowing }]
n 1 :
an instance of becoming narrow 2 :
a decrease in width [
ant : {
broadening }, {
widening }]
3 :
the act of making something narrower [
ant : {
broadening },
{
widening }]
Narrowing \
Nar "
row *
ing \,
n .
1 .
The act of contracting ,
or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The part of a stocking which is narrowed .
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1913 Webster ]
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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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
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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1913 Webster ]
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "
narrowing ":
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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