Nearby Words
noun
The, narrow (def. 19).
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adjective
1.
of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
2.
limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow quarters.
3.
limited in range or scope: a narrow sampling of public opinion.
4.
lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as persons, the mind, or ideas: a narrow man, knowing only his professional specialty; a narrow mind.
5.
EXPANDwith little margin to spare; barely adequate or successful; close: a narrow escape.
6.
careful, thorough, or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry.
7.
limited in amount; small; meager: narrow resources.
8.
straitened; impoverished: narrow circumstances.
9.
New England. stingy or parsimonious.
10.
Phonetics.
a.
(of a vowel) articulated with the tongue laterally constricted, as the ee of beet, the oo of boot, etc.; tense. Compare lax (def. 7).
b.
(of a phonetic transcription) utilizing a unique symbol for each phoneme and whatever supplementary diacritics are needed to indicate its subphonemic varieties. Compare broad (def. 14).
11.
COLLAPSE(of livestock feeds) proportionately rich in protein.
verb (used without object)
12.
to decrease in width or breadth: This is where the road narrows.
verb (used with object)
13.
to make narrower.
14.
to limit or restrict (often followed by down): to narrow an area of search; to narrow down a contest to three competitors.
15.
to make narrow-minded: Living in that village has narrowed him.
noun
16.
a narrow part, place, or thing.
17.
a narrow part of a valley, passage, or road.
18.
narrows, (used with a singular or plural verb) a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.
19.
The Narrows, a narrow strait from upper to lower New York Bay, between Staten Island and Long Island. 2 miles (3.2 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) wide.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English nearu; cognate with Old Saxon naru narrow, Dutch naar unpleasant; akin to German Narbe scar, literally, narrow mark
before 900; Middle English; Old English nearu; cognate with Old Saxon naru narrow, Dutch naar unpleasant; akin to German Narbe scar, literally, narrow mark
Related forms
nar·row·ly, adverb
nar·row·ness, noun
o·ver·nar·row, adjective
o·ver·nar·row·ly, adverb
o·ver·nar·row·ness, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
4. biased, limited, shallow, small-minded.
4. biased, limited, shallow, small-minded.
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Word Origin & History
narrow
O.E. nearu, from W.Gmc. *narwaz (cf. Fris. nar, O.S. naro, M.Du. nare), not found in other Gmc. languages and of unknown origin. The verb is O.E. nearwian, from the adj. Narrowly "only by a little" is attested from 1550s. Narrow-gauge railway is 4 feet 8.5 inches or less. The narrow seas (c.1400) were
EXPANDthe waters between Great Britain and the continent and Ireland.
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