narrowing noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •The process of becoming narrow. •The part of a stocking that is narrowed.It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before the narrowings, should be, at the least, equal to twice the width of the top... — 1858 adjective1 •shrinkingSuch amity is no small thing. The narrowing world of Yiddish theater has been bedeviled with one “broyges” — a cherished term for a falling out — after another — 2010 formsnarrowings