narrowing
Collocations
3ADJ.
involved, small, temporary, yiddish
VERB + NARROWING
keeps
NARROWING + NOUN
airways, world
Definitions
adj
shrinking
Such amity is no small thing. The narrowing world of Yiddish theater has been bedeviled with one “broyges — a cherished term for a falling out — after another
noun
The process of becoming narrow.
narrowings of the road
Owing to the war, it was not thought advisable to carry out repairs to this pier, as this would have involved the temporary narrowing of the channel, and it was not until 1919 that it was decided to proceed with the construction of a steel-pile coffer dam round the south pier.
The part of a stocking that is narrowed.
It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings, should be, at the least, equal to twice the width of the top...
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
- constricting
- constrictive
adjective — becoming gradually narrower
- tapered
- tapering
Antonyms
- widening
- broadening
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Such amity is no small thing. The narrowing world of Yiddish theater has been bedeviled with one “broyges — a cherished term for a falling out — after another
Wiktionarynarrowings of the road
WiktionaryOwing to the war, it was not thought advisable to carry out repairs to this pier, as this would have involved the temporary narrowing of the channel, and it was not until 1919 that it was decided to p
WiktionaryIt may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings, should be, at the least, equal to twice the width of the top...
WiktionaryThis hallway keeps narrowing as I go farther and farther in.
Tatoeba · #718020That gap is narrowing.
Tatoeba · #5748207