nar•rowˈnær oʊ(adj.; v.; n.)-row•er, -row•est

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

2. affording little room:

   narrow quarters.

3. limited in range or scope.

4. lacking breadth of view or sympathy.

5. barely adequate or successful; close:

   a narrow escape.

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

7. limited in amount; meager:

   narrow resources.

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

   Category: Phonetics

   Ref: (of a speech sound) tense1 (def. 4 ). 1 4; Compare broad (def. 13). 1 14

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

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

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

12. to make narrow-minded.

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

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

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

Origin of narrow:

bef. 900; ME; OE nearu, c. OS naru, MD nare, naer narrow; akin to MHG narwe scar

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