narrow adj

1 not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" [ant: wide]

2 limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"

3 lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" [syn: narrow-minded] [ant: broad-minded]

4 very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" [ant: wide]

5 characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report" [syn: minute] n : a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

1 make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" [syn: contract] [ant: widen]

2 define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [syn: pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, specify]

3 become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers" [syn: specialize, specialise, narrow down] [ant: diversify, diversify]

4 become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn: constrict, constringe]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ærəʊ

Etymology

Old English nearu

Adjective

1. having a small width; not wide; slim; slender; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

   a narrow hallway

2. Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

   a narrow interpretation

Antonyms

• wide

Translations

• Arabic:
• Armenian: նեղ (negh)
• Bosnian: uski
• Bulgarian: тесен
• Chinese: 窄的 (zhǎide)
• Czech: úzký
• Danish: snæver, tæt
• Dutch: nauw
• Finnish: kapea
• French: étroit, étroite
• German: eng, begrenzt, schmal
• Hungarian: szűk
• Icelandic: þröngur, þéttur
• Italian: stretto, stretta
• Japanese: 狭い (せまい, semái)
• Korean: 좁은 (jobeun)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ته‌سک

• Lithuanian: siauras , siaura f|n
• Persian: (tæŋ)
• Polish: wąski
• Portuguese: estreito , estreita
• Romanian: strâmt
• Russian: узкий (úzkij) , узко (úzko)
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: уски

  Roman: uski

• Scottish Gaelic: caol, cumhang
• Slovene: ozek , ozka , ozko
• Spanish: estrecho, estrecha
• Swedish: trång
• Telugu: ఇరుకైన (irukaina), సన్నని (sannani)

Verb

1. To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

Translations

• Spanish: estrechar

Narrow may refer to:

In biology:

• Narrow-lined puffer, ray-finned fish
• Narrow-leafed Ash, species of ash native to central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia

In music:

• The Narrow, rock band from South Africa
• "The Narrow Way", section on the studio Vinyl Record of Pink Floyds fourth album Ummagumma
• This Narrow Road, the thirtieth album by Jandek

In other fields:

• Narrow banking, proposed banking system that would eliminate bank runs and the need for a deposit insurance
• narrow gauge, rail gauge
• Narrow Neck, New Zealand
• Narrow Street, street running parallel to the River Thames through the Limehouse area of east London
• The Narrow Margin, 1952 film directed by Richard Fleischer and released by RKO Radio Pictures

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