narrowingn.

Brit.

/ˈnarəʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnɛrəwɪŋ/

Forms: see narrow v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: narrow v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < narrow v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of becoming more narrow or of making something more narrow; the result or an instance of this; a narrowed place or part. Formerly also: †restriction, limitation (obsolete). Often with down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [noun] > a narrow part

narrowc1230

narrowingc1454

small?a1500

intake1808

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [noun] > narrowing

straiting1421

straitening1598

angustiation1638

angustation1663

narrowing1769

strangulation1882

necking1921

neckdown1984

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation

definitionc1386

limiting1391

moderation1429

limitation1483

restriction1554

restraint1566

limit1572

stint1593

prescription1604

stintance1605

bounding1607

confining1608

confine1609

circumscriptiona1616

definement1643

stricture1649

stinting1656

circumscribing1660

contractiona1670

confinement1678

contracting1692

narrowing1871

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 193 (MED) If þe ije seid consideracioun of to wirchyng in his largest spredyng, wiþout restreyne and narowyng, schulde be such ground..þanne bi þe multipliyng of it we schulde haue mo tablis þan were accordyng to be of goddis lawis.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings vi. 6 Hee made narrowed rests [margin Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements] round about.

1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 13 At the Narrowing of the Floare, or other Circular lines.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 80 Narrowings or tapering Parallels of the lower part.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Facons, the narrowing of a ship's floor afore and abaft.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xviii. 301 The stream—gathered up by the narrowing of the channel.

1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 107 Such a narrowing of the idea of religious duty..is most unphilosophical.

1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point 53 The narrowing-down of one's whole being for seventy minutes upon a single simple objective.

1979 Dictionaries 1 62 The ordering of meanings..will move from central meanings to widenings, narrowings, drifts and transfers.

1989 B. Roshier Controlling Crime (BNC) 49 This narrowing down of the focus of the original control theory seems to constitute a switch of attention from offenders to situations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

narrowingadj.

Brit.

/ˈnarəʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈnɛrəwɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: narrow v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < narrow v. + -ing suffix².

That narrows or contracts; that makes something narrow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [adjective] > narrowing

narrowingc1620

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective]

unkinda1393

uncharitablec1485

incharitable1496

strait-laced1546

ingenerous1635

lean-souled1639

ungenerous1641

mean1665

straitened1712

strait1760

strait-hearted1760

little1766

unmagnanimous1788

narrowing1827

shoddy1918

c1620 Treat. Shipbuilding (Admiralty Libr. MS 9) in R. Magowan tr. P. Kirsch Galleon (1990) (modernized text) App. 176/1 The rising lines must neither be too high nor too low, nor the narrowing lines too lank nor too full.

1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 13 The narrowing lines Abaft.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. x. 354 Onward, through the narrowing windings of the defile, no living object appeared.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxxii. 83 Of his narrowing heart each year Heaven less and less will fill.

1843 E. B. Pusey Serm. Holy Eucharist 26 It will then seem..too refined and narrowing a distinction.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xx. 360 The narrowing valleys through which the rivers descend.

1905 R. F. Scott Voy. ‘Discovery’ I. v. 168 The barrier edge, in shadow, looked like a narrowing black ribbon.

1955 Times 1 June 2/7 His Black Sea fleet had been scuttled and the war was confined to a narrowing circle round Sebastopol.

1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Mar. 261/3 The sitter's shoulders sometimes compressed into the narrowing oval of the frame, a repoussoir for the all-important face.

1988 M. Gee Grace iii. 22 Bruno stares down the narrowing perspectives of the paving stones on his patio.

Derivatives

ˈnarrowingness n. rare

ΚΠ

1883 Academy 29 Dec. 426 Its tragic and sordid narrowingness.

1952 Polit. Sci. Q. 67 286 An earlier agrarian life, granted all the narrowness and narrowingness of the village, nevertheless had in it something helpful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	narrowing
释义	narrowingn. Brit. /ˈnarəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɛrəwɪŋ/ Forms: see narrow v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: narrow v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < narrow v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of becoming more narrow or of making something more narrow; the result or an instance of this; a narrowed place or part. Formerly also: †restriction, limitation (obsolete). Often with down. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [noun] > a narrow part narrowc1230 narrowingc1454 small?a1500 intake1808 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [noun] > narrowing straiting1421 straitening1598 angustiation1638 angustation1663 narrowing1769 strangulation1882 necking1921 neckdown1984 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation definitionc1386 limiting1391 moderation1429 limitation1483 restriction1554 restraint1566 limit1572 stint1593 prescription1604 stintance1605 bounding1607 confining1608 confine1609 circumscriptiona1616 definement1643 stricture1649 stinting1656 circumscribing1660 contractiona1670 confinement1678 contracting1692 narrowing1871 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 193 (MED) If þe ije seid consideracioun of to wirchyng in his largest spredyng, wiþout restreyne and narowyng, schulde be such ground..þanne bi þe multipliyng of it we schulde haue mo tablis þan were accordyng to be of goddis lawis. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings vi. 6 Hee made narrowed rests [margin Heb. narrowings, or, rebatements] round about. View more context for this quotation 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 13 At the Narrowing of the Floare, or other Circular lines. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 80 Narrowings or tapering Parallels of the lower part. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Facons, the narrowing of a ship's floor afore and abaft. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. xviii. 301 The stream—gathered up by the narrowing of the channel. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 107 Such a narrowing of the idea of religious duty..is most unphilosophical. 1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point 53 The narrowing-down of one's whole being for seventy minutes upon a single simple objective. 1979 Dictionaries 1 62 The ordering of meanings..will move from central meanings to widenings, narrowings, drifts and transfers. 1989 B. Roshier Controlling Crime (BNC) 49 This narrowing down of the focus of the original control theory seems to constitute a switch of attention from offenders to situations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). narrowingadj. Brit. /ˈnarəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɛrəwɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: narrow v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < narrow v. + -ing suffix². That narrows or contracts; that makes something narrow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [adjective] > narrowing narrowingc1620 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] unkinda1393 uncharitablec1485 incharitable1496 strait-laced1546 ingenerous1635 lean-souled1639 ungenerous1641 mean1665 straitened1712 strait1760 strait-hearted1760 little1766 unmagnanimous1788 narrowing1827 shoddy1918 c1620 Treat. Shipbuilding (Admiralty Libr. MS 9) in R. Magowan tr. P. Kirsch Galleon (1990) (modernized text) App. 176/1 The rising lines must neither be too high nor too low, nor the narrowing lines too lank nor too full. 1664 E. Bushnell Compl. Ship-wright 13 The narrowing lines Abaft. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. x. 354 Onward, through the narrowing windings of the defile, no living object appeared. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxxii. 83 Of his narrowing heart each year Heaven less and less will fill. 1843 E. B. Pusey Serm. Holy Eucharist 26 It will then seem..too refined and narrowing a distinction. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. vi. xx. 360 The narrowing valleys through which the rivers descend. 1905 R. F. Scott Voy. ‘Discovery’ I. v. 168 The barrier edge, in shadow, looked like a narrowing black ribbon. 1955 Times 1 June 2/7 His Black Sea fleet had been scuttled and the war was confined to a narrowing circle round Sebastopol. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Mar. 261/3 The sitter's shoulders sometimes compressed into the narrowing oval of the frame, a repoussoir for the all-important face. 1988 M. Gee Grace iii. 22 Bruno stares down the narrowing perspectives of the paving stones on his patio. Derivatives ˈnarrowingness n. rare ΚΠ 1883 Academy 29 Dec. 426 Its tragic and sordid narrowingness. 1952 Polit. Sci. Q. 67 286 An earlier agrarian life, granted all the narrowness and narrowingness of the village, nevertheless had in it something helpful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1454adj.c1620
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