narrow

Definitions

1. 1superlative

   Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

2. 2superlative

   Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

3. 3superlative

   Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.

4. 4superlative

   Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.

5. 5superlative

   Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.

6. 6superlative

   Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

7. 7superlative

   Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

8. 8superlative

   Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13.

9. 9noun

   A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.

10. 10transitive verb

    To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.

11. 11transitive verb

    To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.

12. 12transitive verb

    To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.

14. 14intransitive verb

    Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.

15. 15intransitive verb

    To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.

16. 16noun

    a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

17. 17verb

    become tight or as if tight

    "Her throat constricted"

    Synonyms

    constrictconstringe
18. 18verb

    make or become more narrow or restricted

    "The selection was narrowed"

    "The road narrowed"

    Synonyms

    contract
19. 19verb

    become more focus on an area of activity or field of study

    "She specializes in Near Eastern history"

    Synonyms

    specialisespecialize
20. 20verb

    define clearly

    "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

    Synonyms

    specify
21. 21adjective

    lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

    "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"

    "narrow opinions"

22. 22adjective

    characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

    "a minute inspection of the grounds"

    "a narrow scrutiny"

    Synonyms

    minute
23. 23adjective

    limited in size or scope

    "the narrow sense of a word"

24. 24adjective

    not wide

    "a narrow bridge"

    "a narrow line across the page"

25. 25adjective

    very limited in degree

    "won by a narrow margin"

    "a narrow escape"