narrow¹ /narˈō/

1. Of little breadth
2. Of small extent from side to side
3. Closely confining
4. Limited
5. Contracted in mind or outlook
6. Bigoted
7. Not liberal
8. Parsimonious (informal or dialect)
9. With little to spare
10. Close
11. Strict, precise
12. Detailed, thorough
13. Strict
14. Keen
15. (of money) denoting the more liquid kinds (ie coins and notes), eg in hand, or readily withdrawn from a bank account, etc, opp to broad
16. (of a vowel) tense, opp to broad (phonetics)
17. (of a phonetic transcription) with a different symbol for each phoneme and diacritical marks to show different varieties of these phonemes, opp to broad (phonetics)
18. (of animal foodstuffs) relatively rich in protein as compared to fat and carbohydrate

1. A narrow part or place
2. (usu in pl) a narrow passage, channel or strait

Narrowly

1. To make narrow
2. To contract or confine

1. To become narrow
2. To reduce the number of stitches in knitting

narrˈowing noun

1. The act of making less in breadth
2. The state of being contracted
3. The part of anything which is made narrower

Becoming narrower

narrˈowly adverb

1. Barely
2. With close attention
3. In a narrow or restricted manner

narrˈowness noun

narrˈowband adjective

Broadcasting across a narrow range of frequencies

narrˈowboat noun

A canal-boat, esp one of 7ft (2.1m) or less in width, and 72ft (about 22m) in length

narrˈowcast transitive verb

narrˈowcasting noun

1. Cable television
2. Broadcasting to a limited, often targeted, audience
3. The production and distribution of material on video tapes, cassettes, etc

narrow circumstances plural noun

Poverty, pennilessness

narrow escape noun

An escape only just managed

narrow gauge noun

A narrow-gauge railway

narrˈow-gaugeˈ adjective

(of a railway) less than 4ft 81/2in (about 1.4m) in gauge

narrˈow-mindˈed adjective

1. Of a narrow or illiberal mind
2. Bigoted, prejudiced

narrˈow-mindˈedly adverb

narrˈow-mindˈedness noun

narrow seas plural noun

The seas between Great Britain and the Continent and Great Britain and Ireland

narrow squeak noun

A narrow escape

wide /wīd/

1. Extending far
2. Having a considerable distance between the sides
3. Broad
4. Of a specified breadth
5. Roomy
6. Expanded or extended
7. Opened as far as possible
8. Far apart
9. Far from the point aimed at, or (rare) place mentioned (with of)
10. Very different (with of; old)
11. Of large scope, including or considering much
12. Astute, wily (slang)
13. Lax in morals (slang)
14. Broad, the reverse of narrow (phonetics)

1. Wideness
2. A bowled ball that is judged by the umpire to be out of reach of the batsman (cricket)
3. A penalty run allowed for this

1. (also far and wide) to a great distance, over a large region
2. At a distance (Spenser)
3. Far from the point aimed at, the subject under discussion, the truth, etc
4. Far to one side (with of)
5. So that there is a large space or distance between

Extending throughout a specified area, etc as in nationwide, countrywide, worldwide

wideˈly adverb

wīˈden transitive verb and intransitive verb

1. To make or grow wide or wider
2. To throw open (Shakespeare)

wīˈdener noun

1. Someone who or something that widens
2. A kind of tool for widening something

wideˈness noun

wīˈdish adjective

wideˈ-angle adjective (photography; of a lens)

Having an angle of view of 60º or more and a short focal length

wide area network noun (computing)

A computer network operating nationally or internationally, using telecommunications links, microwaves and satellites (abbrev WAN)

wideˈawake noun

A low wide-brimmed soft felt hat

wideˈ-awakeˈness noun

The condition of being wide awake

wideˈband adjective

Another name for broadband (see under broad)

wideˈbody or wideˈ-bodˈied adjective

(of aircraft) having a wide fuselage

wide boy noun (informal)

An astute or wily person, esp one prone to sharp practice

wideˈchapped adjective (Shakespeare)

Open-mouthed

wideˈ-eyed adjective

1. Showing great surprise
2. Naive, credulous

wideˈ-gab noun (Scot)

The angler, a wide-mouthed fish

wide-oˈpen adjective (US)

Lax in enforcing laws and regulations

wideˈ-rangˈing adjective

Covering a wide range of topics, interests, cases, etc

wide receiver noun (American football)

A member of the offense whose task is to catch passes and run with the ball

wideˈscreen adjective

1. Denoting a cinema format in which the image is projected onto a wide curved screen to give the viewer a greater sense of actuality in the picture
2. Denoting a television set with a picture-width-to-height ratio of 16:9, as opposed to the common standard of 4:3

noun

A widescreen television set

wideˈ-specˈtrum adjective

(of an antibiotic, etc) effective against a wide range of micro-organisms

wideˈspread adjective

1. Extended or extending widely
2. Found, operative, etc in many places

wideˈ-stretched adjective (Shakespeare)

Large

wideˈ-watered adjective (eg Milton)

Bordered or covered by wide waters, having a great extent of water

to the wide

1. Completely
2. Utterly

wide awake

1. Fully awake
2. On the alert
3. Keen and knowing (informal)

wide of (Shakespeare)

Indifferent to, far from observing

wide of the mark

Far out, astray from the truth

wide open

1. Opened wide
2. Open to attack (informal)
3. (of a contest, etc) having an uncertain or unpredictable outcome
4. Same as wide-open above

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