Associations to the word «Narrowing»

Wiktionary

NARROWING, verb. Present participle of narrow
NARROWING, noun. The part of a stocking that is narrowed.

Dictionary definition

NARROWING, noun. An instance of becoming narrow.
NARROWING, noun. A decrease in width.
NARROWING, noun. The act of making something narrower.
NARROWING, adjective. Becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs".
NARROWING, adjective. (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca