narrow

nar·row  (nr)

adj. nar·row·er, nar·row·est

1. Of small or limited width, especially in comparison with length.

2. Limited in area or scope; cramped.

3. Lacking flexibility; rigid: narrow opinions.

4. Barely sufficient; close: a narrow margin of victory.

5. Painstakingly thorough or attentive; meticulous: narrow scrutiny.

6. Linguistics Tense.

v. nar·rowed, nar·row·ing, nar·rows

v.tr.

1. To reduce in width or extent; make narrower.

2. To limit or restrict: narrowed the possibilities down to three.

v.intr.

To become narrower; contract.

n.

1. A part of little width, as a pass through mountains.

2. narrows (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

a. A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water.

b. A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide.

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[Middle English narwe, from Old English nearu.]

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narrow·ish adj.

narrow·ly adv.

narrow·ness n.

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narrow

Adjective

1. small in breadth in comparison to length

2. limited in range, extent, or outlook: a narrow circle of academics

3. with little margin: a narrow advantage

Verb

1. to make or become narrow

2. narrow down to restrict or limit: the search can be narrowed down to a single room

See also narrows [Old English nearu]

narrowly adv
narrowness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	narrow - a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water strait, sound - a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Verb	1.	narrow - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" contract change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" bottleneck - become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks" taper off - become smaller or less active; "Business tapered off" specialize, narrow down, narrow, specialise - become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history" widen - become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"
	2.	narrow - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" narrow down, pin down, peg down, nail down, specify determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property" concretize - make something concrete
	3.	narrow - become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history" specialize, narrow down, specialise vary, alter, change - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" overspecialise, overspecialize - become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated on verbs in Fijian"
	4.	narrow - become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" constringe, constrict astringe - become constricted or compressed; "The cold substance astringes" strangulate - become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate" tighten - become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
Adj.	1.	narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" narrow-minded, narrow - lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" limited - small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends" thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" broad, wide - having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
	2.	narrow - limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word" limited - small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends"
	3.	narrow - lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" narrow-minded narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
	4.	narrow - very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" wide - great in degree; "won by a wide margin"
	5.	narrow - characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" minute careful - exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"

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narrow

adjective 1. thin, fine, slim, pinched, slender, tapering, attenuated << OPPOSITE broad

adjective 2. limited, restricted, confined, tight, close, near, cramped, meagre, constricted, circumscribed, scanty, straitened, incapacious << OPPOSITE wide

adjective 3. insular, prejudiced, biased, partial, reactionary, puritan, bigoted, dogmatic, intolerant, narrow-minded, small-minded, illiberal << OPPOSITE broad-minded

adjective 4. exclusive, limited, select, restricted, confined

verb 5. (often with down) restrict, limit, reduce, diminish, constrict, circumscribe, straiten

6. get narrower, taper, shrink, tighten, constrict

Translations

narrow [ˈnærəu] adj → estrecho; [resources, means] → escaso

vi → estrecharse (= diminish); reducirse;

to have a narrow escape → escaparse por los pelos;

to narrow sth down → reducir algo

narrow [ˈnærəu] adj → étroit(e) (fig); restreint(e) → limité(e)

vi [road] → devenir plus étroit, se rétrécir; [gap, difference] → se réduire;

to have a narrow escape → l'échapper belle

narrow down vt → restreindre

narrow [ˈnærəu] adj → eng;

(ledge etc) → schmal;

(majority, advantage, victory, defeat) → knapp;

(ideas, view) → engstirnig

vi → sich verengen; [gap, difference] → sich verringern

vt (gap, difference) → verringern;

(eyes) → zusammenkneifen;

to have a narrow escape → mit knapper Not davonkommen;

to narrow sth down (to sth) → etw (auf etw acc) beschränken

narrow [ˈnærəu] adj → stretto/a; [resources, means] → limitato/a, modesto/a;

(fig): to take a narrow view of → avere una visione limitata di

vi → restringersi;

to have a narrow escape → farcela per un pelo;

to narrow sth down to → ridurre qc a

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narrow

adj narrow [ˈnӕrəu]

1 having or being only a small distance from side to side a narrow road; The bridge is too narrow for large lorries to cross. eng ضَيِّق тесен úzký smal schmal στενός estrecho kitsas درازوباریک kapea étroit צַר संकीर्ण uzak keskeny sempit þröngur stretto 狭い 좁은 siauras šaurs sempit smal smal, trang wąski estreito îngust узкий úzky ozek uzak smal, trång แคบ dar 狹窄的 вузький تنگ hẹp 狭窄的

2 only just managed a narrow escape. noue نجاةٌ بأُعْجوبَه малък těsný, jen tak tak kneben; med nød og næppe knapp δύσκολος escaso üle noatera درازوباریک täpärä de justesse réussi בְּנֵס थोरी-सी गुंजायश वाला tijesan hajszálon múlt ... nyaris gagal naumur, tæpur (riuscito per poco) やっとの 간신히[] 얻은[] vos ne vos pasiektas, nežymus grūts; knaps nyaris-nyaris op het nippertje knepen, med nød og neppe nieznaczny, ledwo osiągnięty (por um) triz ca prin minune трудный, еле достаточный tesný, len tak-tak tesen jedva med knapp nöd แคบ kıl payı 勉強的 вузький; тісний بہت تھوڑا eo hẹp 勉强的

3 (of ideas, interests or experience) not extensive enough. beperk ضَيِّق الأفُق ограничен omezený, malicherný snæver; begrænset beschränkt περιορισμένος reducido kitsarinnaline کم پهنا rajoittunut borné מְצוּמצַם, צַר संकीर्ण ograničen,oskudan korlátozott dangkal takmarkaður ristretto, limitato 狭い (마음·생각이) 좁은, 편협한 ribotas aprobežots; ierobežots sempit, tidak meluas beperkt snever, trangsynt, bornert ograniczony limitado limitat ограниченный obmedzený omejen oskudan ensidig, trångsynt, inskränkt ไม่กว้าง dar, sınırlı 有偏見的 обмежений ناکافي hẹp hòi 有偏见的

v

to make or become narrow The road suddenly narrowed. vernou يَضيق стеснявам (се) zúžit (se) blive smal schmäler werden. machen στενεύω estrechar kitsenema, kitsendama محدود کردن kaventaa, kaventua (se) rétrécir לְהָצֵר संकीर्ण suziti se (be)szűkít; elkeskenyedik menyempit þrengjast restringere, restringersi 狭くする 좁아지다 (su)siaurėti, (su)siaurinti, pri(si)merkti sašaurināt; sašaurināties menjadi sempit versmallen innsnevre, gjøre/bli smalere zwęzić się estreitar-se a (se) îngusta суживать(ся) zúžiť (sa) zožiti (se) suziti göra smalare, smalna av ทำให้แคบลง daralmak, daraltmak 弄窄 звужувати(ся) تنگ کرنا thu hẹp 弄窄

adv ˈnarrowly

closely; only just The ball narrowly missed his head. rakelings بشيءٍ قليل، بِشَق النَّفْس насмалко těsně, o chloupek kneben; med nød og næppe eng μόλις por poco hädavaevu از نزدیک täpärästi de justesse בִּקצָת, בְּצִמצוּם निकट से tijesno,jedva jedvice épphogy naumlega (per poco) かろうじて 가까스로, 아슬아슬하게 vos, nežymiai, atidžiai gandrīz; tikko hamper-hampir, nyaris net knepent, med nød og neppe o włos por pouco cu puţin чуть; еле-еле tesne, o chlp tesno za dlaku med knapp nöd, nätt och jämnt อย่างแคบ ๆ darı darına, kıl payı 狹窄地 ледве, мало не بالکل قريب سے suýt nữa 狭窄地

n pl ˈnarrows

a narrow sea-passage; a channel or strait. nou مَضيق، بوغاز пролив úžina, průliv, ulička sund die Meerenge τα στενά (για θαλάσσιο πέρασμα) estrecho merekitsus تنگناوگردنه kapeikko passage étroit מֵיצָר संकीर्ण morski tjesnac szoros selat sund stretto 海峡 해협 sąsmauka, siauruma šaurums sempit engte trangt sund przesmyk estreito strâmtoare узкий пролив; канал úžina morska ožina tesnac trångt farvatten, gatt ช่องแคบ dar boğaz 海峽 вузька частина تنگ آبنائے cửa biển hẹp 海峡

adj ˌnarrow-ˈminded

unwilling to accept ideas different from one's own. eng, bekrompe ضيِّق العَقْل، مُتَعَصِّب тесногръд úzkoprsý snæversynet engstirnig στενόμυαλος de miras estrechas, estrecho de miras kitsarinnaline کوته فکر ahdasmielinen à l'esprit étroit צַר אוֹפֶק संकीर्ण विचारों वाला uskogrudan,ograničen szűk látókörű picik þröngsÿnn di mente ristretta 狭量な 마음이 좁은, 편협한 siauraprotis aprobežots; aizspriedumains berfikiran sempit bekrompen snever-/trangsynt ograniczony tacanho limitat, în­gust узколобый úzkoprsý ozkosrčen uskogrud trångsynt, inskränkt ใจแคบ dar görüşlü, bağnaz 氣量狹小的 недалекий تنگ ذہن hẹp hòi 气量狭小的