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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nar•row /ˈnæroʊ/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, v. adj. - of little width;
not wide or broad:a narrow alley. - limited in range or scope:a narrow view of right and wrong.
- barely adequate or successful;
close:[before a noun]a narrow escape.
v. - to (cause to) decrease in width: [no object]The road narrows ahead.[~ + object]She narrowed her eyes.
- to (cause to) be reduced or smaller: [no object]The gap between the rich and the poor is not narrowing.[~ + object]to narrow the gap between them.
- to limit or restrict: [~ + down + object]The detectives narrowed down the search to just two suspects.[~ + object (+ down)]They narrowed the search (down) to just two suspects.
n. [countable] - narrows, [used with a singular or plural verb] a narrow part of a river, ocean current, etc.
nar•row•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nar•row (nar′ō),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, v., n. adj. - of little breadth or width;
not broad or wide;
not as wide as usual or expected:a narrow path. - limited in extent or space;
affording little room:narrow quarters. - limited in range or scope:a narrow sampling of public opinion.
- lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as persons, the mind, or ideas:a narrow man, knowing only his professional specialty; a narrow mind.
- with little margin to spare;
barely adequate or successful;
close:a narrow escape. - careful, thorough, or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry.
- limited in amount;
small;
meager:narrow resources. - straitened;
impoverished:narrow circumstances. - Dialect Terms[New Eng.]stingy or parsimonious.
- Phonetics
- (of a vowel) articulated with the tongue laterally constricted, as the ee of beet, the oo of boot, etc.;
tense. Cf. lax (def. 7). - (of a phonetic transcription) utilizing a unique symbol for each phoneme and whatever supplementary diacritics are needed to indicate its subphonemic varieties. Cf. broad (def. 14).
- Animal Husbandry(of livestock feeds) proportionately rich in protein.
v.i. - to decrease in width or breadth:This is where the road narrows.
v.t. - to make narrower.
- to limit or restrict (often fol. by down):to narrow an area of search; to narrow down a contest to three competitors.
- to make narrow-minded:Living in that village has narrowed him.
n. - a narrow part, place, or thing.
- a narrow part of a valley, passage, or road.
- narrows, (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.
- Place Names The Narrows, a narrow strait from upper to lower New York Bay, between Staten Island and Long Island. 2 mi. (3.2 km) long;
1 mi. (1.6 km) wide.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English nearu; cognate with Old Saxon naru narrow, Dutch naar unpleasant; akin to German Narbe scar, literally, narrow mark
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged biased, limited, shallow, small-minded.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: narrow /ˈnærəʊ/ adj - small in breadth, esp in comparison to length
- limited in range or extent
- limited in outlook; lacking breadth of vision
- limited in means or resources; meagre
- barely adequate or successful (esp in the phrase a narrow escape)
- painstakingly thorough; minute: a narrow scrutiny
- denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money, and banks' balances: narrow money
Compare broad - another word for tense1
vb - to make or become narrow; limit; restrict
n - a narrow place, esp a pass or strait
See also narrowsEtymology: Old English nearu; related to Old Saxon naruˈnarrowly adv ˈnarrowness n |