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Narrow   /nˈɛroʊ/  /nˈæroʊ/   Listen
Narrow

adjective
(compar. narrower; superl. narrowest)
1.
Not wide.  "A narrow line across the page"
2.
Limited in size or scope.
3.
Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view.  Synonym: narrow-minded.  "Narrow opinions"
4.
Very limited in degree.  "A narrow escape"
5.
Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination.  Synonym: minute.  "A narrow scrutiny" , "An exact and minute report"
verb
(past & past part. narrowed; pres. part. narrowing)
1.
Make or become more narrow or restricted.  Synonym: contract.  "The road narrowed"
2.
Define clearly.  Synonyms: nail down, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify.
3.
Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study.  Synonyms: narrow down, specialise, specialize.
4.
Become tight or as if tight.  Synonyms: constrict, constringe.
noun
(pl. narrows)
1.
A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water.



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"Narrow" Quotes from Famous Books



... bay. All three knew the desperate chance they were taking, and they spoke little as they made their way out into the Straits. Their craft was strange to them, and the positions they were forced to occupy soon brought on cramped muscles. The bidarka is a frail, narrow framework over which is stretched walrus skin, and it is so fashioned that the crew sits, one behind the other, in circular openings with legs straight out in front. To keep themselves dry each man had donned a native water garment—a loose, ...
— The Silver Horde • Rex Beach

... piece of rough moorland, covered with heather, patches of bracken, and coarse grass. A few yards to the right, it sank in a steep descent. Such was the disposition of the ground for some distance along the road—on one side the hill, on the other a narrow level, and abrupt descent. ...
— What's Mine's Mine • George MacDonald

... obtains from the fibres of the aloe, with narrow strips of skin, closely woven, he composes a lasso more than fifty feet long; he tries it; he exercises it now against a tuft of leaves detached from a bush, now against some projecting rock; afterwards he tries it upon Marimonda, ...
— The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe • Joseph Xavier Saintine

... An event had recently occurred, however, which somewhat damped the pleasure of their reception. A young man had been killed by a tiger. The brute had leaped upon him while he and a party of lads were traversing a narrow path through the jungle, and had killed him with one blow of its paw. The other youths courageously rushed at the beast with their spears and axes, and, driving it off, carried the ...
— Blown to Bits - or, The Lonely Man of Rakata • Robert Michael Ballantyne

... elephant. Now it was Ra'ad Shah's wont, when he found himself overmatched by any brave, to mount an elephant, taking with him an implement called the lasso,[FN58] which was in the shape of a net, wide at base and narrow at top with a running cord of silk passed through rings along its edges. With this he would attack horsemen and casting the meshes over them, draw the running noose and drag the rider off his horse ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 7 • Richard F. Burton


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