| Library / English Dictionary |
NARROWING
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of making something narrower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("narrowing" is a kind of...):
change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)
Antonym:
widening (the act of making something wider)
Derivation:
narrow (make or become more narrow or restricted)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An instance of becoming narrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("narrowing" is a kind of...):
configuration; conformation; contour; form; shape (any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "narrowing"):
coarctation ((biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta)
taper (the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone))
bottleneck; chokepoint; constriction (a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel)
Derivation:
narrow (become tight or as if tight)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A decrease in width
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("narrowing" is a kind of...):
decrease; decrement (a process of becoming smaller or shorter)
Antonym:
widening (an increase in width)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
Synonyms:
constricting; constrictive; narrowing
Classified under:
Similar:
narrow (not wide)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Becoming gradually narrower
Example:
trousers with tapered legs
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
narrow (not wide)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb narrow
Context examples:
Narrowing or stricture of the bile duct.
(Bile Duct Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Narrowing of the lumen of the esophagus.
(Esophageal Stricture, NCI Thesaurus)
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) happens when there is a narrowing of the blood vessels outside of your heart.
(Peripheral Arterial Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
A disorder characterized by a narrowing of the pharyngeal airway.
(Pharyngeal Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Narrowing of the lumen of colon.
(Colonic Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)
The thrombus transforms a region of plaque narrowing to one of complete vessel occlusion.
(Acute Myocardial Infarction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Doctors used to believe migraines were linked to the opening and narrowing of blood vessels in the head.
(Migraine, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
A disorder characterized by a narrowing of the lumen of the esophagus.
(Esophageal Stricture, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Deficient blood distribution to the limbs caused by narrowing or obstruction of the lumen of the peripheral arteries.
(Peripheral Ischemia, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by a narrowing of the lumen of the pancreatic duct.
(Pancreatic Duct Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
