Narrowing

n.	1.	The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent.
	2.	The part of a stocking which is narrowed.

Noun	1.	narrowing - an instance of becoming narrow
	2.	narrowing - a decrease in width Antonyms: widening, broadening - an increase in width
	3.	narrowing - the act of making something narrower Antonyms: broadening, widening - the act of making something wider
Adj.	1.	narrowing - becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs" Synonyms: tapered, tapering
	2.	narrowing - (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom Synonyms: constrictive, constricting

narrowing - Unification followed by unfolding. The left-hand side of a rule is unified with some term, resulting in a set of variable bindings. The term is then replaced by the right-hand side of the rule with values substituted for bound variables.

abbreviation, astriction, astringency, ban, bar, barring, blockade, bottleneck, boycott, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, confining, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, cramping, curtailment, debarment, debarring, decrease, demarcation, diminuendo, disentanglement, disinvolvement, distillation, embargo, exception, exclusion, hourglass, hourglass figure, inadmissibility, injunction, isthmus, knitting, limitative, limiting, lockout, narrow place, neck, nonadmission, omission, preclusion, prohibition, puckering, purification, pursing, reduction, refinement, rejection, relegation, repudiation, restricting, restriction, restrictive, shortening, simplification, solidification, stranglement, strangulation, streamlining, striction, stricture, stripping, stripping down, systole, taboo, taper, tapering, uncluttering, unscrambling, unsnarling, wasp waist, wrinkling