narrowing

SayNA-roh-ingUS/ˈnæɹoʊɪŋ/UK/ˈnæɹəʊɪŋ/

Pluralnarrowings

3 meanings of narrowing

1
nouncountable or uncountable
The way something slowly gets thinner or tighter from side to side.
Like a road that slowly gets thinner until only one car can fit.
Doctors found a narrowing in one of his blood vessels.
The narrowing of the river made it hard for big boats to pass.
Similarconstriction, contraction, tapering
Oppositewidening, broadening
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2
verb
Present participle of narrow. Use this form for something that is getting narrower right now.
The road is narrowing up ahead, so slow down.
The gap between the two runners is narrowing quickly.
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3
nouncountable
The part of a stocking that is made narrower than the rest.
She knitted the wide top of the stocking first, then the narrowings.
The narrowing of the stocking fit snugly around her ankle.
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narrowing is a form of narrow

narrow, verb: To make something less wide or smaller. Full entry

Forms: narrownarrows he/she/itnarrowing -ing formnarrowed past tense, past participle
Spelling: narrow → narrowing: add -ing

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