Synonyms of the word

narrowing

• v. present participle of narrow.
• n. The process of becoming narrow.
• n. The part of a stocking that is narrowed.

configuration

• n. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
• n. Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions…
• n. The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
• n. (physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like…
• n. (algebra) A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points…

conformation

• n. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.
• n. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form;…
• n. (chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a…

constricting

• v. present participle of constrict.

constrictive

• adj. That constricts, or is accompanied by constriction.

contour

• n. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
• n. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity:…
• n. (linguistics) a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition…

decrease

• v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
• n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

decrement

• n. A small quantity removed or lost. One of a series of regular subtractions.
• v. To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.

form

• n. (heading, physical) To do with shape.
• n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
• n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
• n. Level of performance.
• n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape…
• n. The den or home of a hare.
• n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
• n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
• n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured…
• n. (geometry) A quantic.
• n. (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
• v. (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
• v. (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
• v. (intransitive) To take shape.
• v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
• v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
• v. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
• v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
• v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
• v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage…

narrow

• adj. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison…
• adj. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
• adj. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
• adj. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted.
• adj. Having a small margin or degree.
• adj. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened.
• adj. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
• adj. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
• adj. (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate;…
• v. (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
• v. (intransitive) To get narrower.
• v. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait…

shape

• n. The status or condition of something.
• n. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
• n. The appearance of something, especially its outline.
• n. Form; formation.
• n. (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section…
• n. (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely…
• n. (cooking, now rare) A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded…
• n. (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a…
• v. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
• v. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
• v. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
• v. (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
• v. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
• v. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

tapered

• v. simple past tense and past participle of taper.
• adj. narrowing gradually towards a point.
• adj. (obsolete) lit with a taper.

tapering

• v. present participle of taper.
• n. A tapered shape.