narrowing

English

Verb

narrowing

1. presentparticipleandgerundofnarrow

Noun

narrowing(pluralnarrowings)

1. The process of becoming narrow.

   narrowingsof the road

   • 1949November and December, “Notes and News: The High Level Bridge, Newcastle: Strengthening and Repairs”, inRailway Magazine,page407:

     Owing to the war, it was not thought advisable to carry out repairs to this pier, as this would have involved the temporarynarrowingof 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.

2. The part of astockingthat isnarrowed.
   • 1858,Margaret Maria Gordon,Household economy,page60:

     It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before thenarrowings,should be, at theleast,equal totwicethe width of the top...

Derived terms

• narrowing conversion

Translations

process

• Belarusian:звужэ́ннеn(zvužénnje)
• Finnish:kaventuma
• Italian:imbuto(it)m,strozzaturaf,strettoia(it)f,collo di bottiglia(it)f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:innsnevringmorf

  Nynorsk:innsnevringf

• Russian:суже́ние(ru)n(sužénije)
• Swedish:förträngning(sv)
• Ukrainian:зву́женняn(zvúžennja)