narrowing
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narrowing
verb
- Present participle and gerund of narrow All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes
adjective
- 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 narrowings
- The process of becoming narrow. narrowings of the road
- 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...
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Closest in meaning: tapered, tapering, constrictive, constricting, contraction, shrink, constriction, shrinkage, reduced, minimize, restriction, stricture, lower, reduce, restricting, restrict
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noun process
| Italiano | imbuto, strozzatura, strettoia, collo di bottiglia |
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| Русский | суже́ние sužénije |
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title = {narrowing},
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