unnarrow
oʊ 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.
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.
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.
(of livestock feeds) proportionately rich in protein.
verb (used without object)
12.
to decrease in width or breadth: This is where the road narrows.
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Unnarrow
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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.
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
Synonyms
4. biased, limited, shallow, small-minded.
4. biased, limited, shallow, small-minded.
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narrow (ˈnærəʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | small in breadth, esp in comparison to length |
| 2. | limited in range or extent |
| 3. | limited in outlook; lacking breadth of vision |
| 4. | limited in means or resources; meagre: narrow resources |
| 5. | barely adequate or successful (esp in the phrase a narrow escape) |
| 6. | painstakingly thorough; minute: a narrow scrutiny |
| 7. | finance Compare broad denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money, and banks' balances: narrow money |
| 8. | dialect overcareful with money; parsimonious |
| 9. | phonetics |
| a. another word for tense | |
| b. relating to or denoting a transcription used to represent phonetic rather than phonemic distinctions | |
| c. another word for close | |
| 10. | (of agricultural feeds) especially rich in protein |
| 11. | informal narrow squeak an escape only just managed |
| —vb | |
| 12. | to make or become narrow; limit; restrict |
| —n | |
| 13. | a narrow place, esp a pass or strait |
| [Old English nearu; related to Old Saxon naru] | |
| 'narrowly | |
| —adv | |
| 'narrowness | |
| —n | |
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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
the waters between Great Britain and the continent and Ireland.
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