[nar-oh] 
adjective, -er, -est, verb, noun | 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. | with 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.
|
| 11. | (of livestock feeds) proportionately rich in protein. |
| 12. | to decrease in width or breadth: This is where the road narrows. |
| 13. | to make narrower. |
| 14. | to limit or restrict (often fol. 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. |
| 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 mi. (3.2 km) long; 1 mi. (1.6 km) wide. |