- tapered, tapering, narrowing - becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs"
Antonyms: wide, broad (indirect, via narrow)
- constricting, constrictive, narrowing - (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Antonyms: wide, broad (indirect, via narrow)
- narrowing - an instance of becoming narrow
--1 is a kind of shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
--1 has particulars:coarctation; taper; constriction, bottleneck, chokepoint Derived form: verb narrow4 - narrowing - a decrease in width
--2 is a kind of decrease, decrement
Antonyms: widening, broadening
- narrowing - the act of making something narrower
--3 is a kind of change of shape
Antonyms: widening, broadening
Derived form: verb narrow1
- narrow, contract - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
--1 is one way to change
Antonyms: widen
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun narrow1, noun narrowing3
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
--2 is one way to determine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down - become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"
--3 is one way to change, alter, vary
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- constrict, constringe, narrow - become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
--4 is one way to tighten
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun narrowing1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something