Definitions of Narrow [ˈnær oʊ]

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Definition of 'Narrow'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) narrow
of little breadth or width.

2.  narrow
affording little room:
narrow quarters.

3.  narrow
limited in range or scope.

4.  narrow
lacking breadth of view or sympathy.

5.  narrow
barely adequate or successful; close:
a narrow escape.

6.  narrow
careful or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry.

7.  narrow
limited in amount; meager:
narrow resources.

8.  narrow
(of a phonetic transcription) using a symbol for each phoneme together with supplementary symbols or diacritics to indicate phonetic details.

9. (v.i.) narrow
to decrease in width or breadth.

10. (v.t.) narrow
to make narrower.

11.  narrow
to limit or restrict (often fol. by down).

12.  narrow
to make narrow-minded.

13. (n.) narrow
a narrow part, place, or thing.

14.  narrow
a narrow part of a valley, passage, or road.

15.  narrow
narrows, (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE nearu, c. OS naru, MD

Definition of 'Narrow'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) narrow
a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

2. (adj) narrow
not wide
"a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"

3. (adj) narrow
limited in size or scope
"the narrow sense of a word"

4. (adj) narrow-minded, narrow
lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
"a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"

5. (adj) narrow
very limited in degree
"won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"

6. (verb) minute, narrow
characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
"a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

7. (verb) narrow, contract
make or become more narrow or restricted
"The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

8. (verb) pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify
define clearly
"I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

9. (verb) specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down
become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
"She specializes in Near Eastern history"

10. (verb) constrict, constringe, narrow
become tight or as if tight
"Her throat constricted"

Definition of 'Narrow'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) narrow
≠ wide
a narrow road; The sidewalk is narrow.

2.  narrow
indicates sth almost did not happen
a narrow escape; a narrow win

3.  narrow
≠ broad
a narrow selection of products; a narrow view of life

4.  narrow
very small in size or number
to win by a narrow margin/majority

5. (verb) narrow
to become narrow
the point where the river narrows; The gap between the two candidates has narrowed.

Definition of 'Narrow'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Narrow
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

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

3.  Narrow
of little extent; very limited; circumscribed

4.  Narrow
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

5.  Narrow
limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances

6.  Narrow
contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views

7.  Narrow
parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish

8.  Narrow
scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact

9.  Narrow
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

10. (verb) Narrow
to lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of

11. (verb) Narrow
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. (verb) Narrow
to contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one

13. (verb) Narrow
to become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait

14. (verb) Narrow
not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows

15. (verb) Narrow
to contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one

Translation of 'Narrow'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: having or being only a small distance from side to side a narrow road; The bridge is too narrow for large lorries to cross.
Afrikaans: eng	Arabic: ضَيِّق	Bulgarian: тесен
Brazilian: estreito	Czech: úzký	German: schmal
Danish: smal	Greek: στενός	Spanish: estrecho
Estonian: kitsas	Farsi: درازوباریک	Finnish: kapea
French: étroit	Hebrew: צַר	Hindi: संकीर्ण
Croatian: uzak	Hungarian: keskeny	Indonesian: sempit
Icelandic: þröngur	Italian: stretto	Japanese: 狭い
Korean: 폭이 좁은	Lithuanian: siauras	Latvian: šaurs
Malay: sempit	Dutch: smal	Norwegian: smal, trang
Polish: wąski	Persian: درازوباریک	Pashto: اوږد او نرى
Portuguese: estreito	Romanian: îngust	Russian: узкий
Slovak: úzky	Slovenian: ozek	Serbian: uzak
Swedish: smal, trång	Thai: แคบ	Turkish: dar
Taiwanese: 狹窄的	Ukrainian: вузький	Urdu: تنگ
Vietnamese: hẹp	Chinese: 狭窄的
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