adj
Meaning 1
shrinking
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
narrowing
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noun
Meaning 2
The process of becoming narrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- narrowings of the road
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 4
Present participle and gerund of narrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: constricting, constrictive
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
becoming gradually narrower
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- long tapering fingers
- trousers with tapered legs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tapered, tapering
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
the act of making something narrower
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: widening
Broader terms: change of shape
noun
Meaning 8
an instance of becoming narrow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
Narrower terms: coarctation, taper, constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint
noun
Meaning 9
a decrease in width
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: widening
Broader terms: decrease, decrement
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: звужэ́нне (zvužénnje) — process
- Finnish: kaventuma — process
- Italian: imbuto — process
- Italian: strozzatura — process
- Italian: strettoia — process
- Italian: collo di bottiglia — process
- Kashmiri: ژۆمرَن (ċomran) — process
- Norwegian Bokmål: innsnevring — process
- Norwegian Nynorsk: innsnevring — process
- Russian: суже́ние (sužénije) — process
- Swedish: förträngning — process
- Ukrainian: зву́ження (zvúžennja) — process
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