Narrow
Definition of Narrow
Nar´row Pronunciation: năr´rô | a. | 1. | Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. | | 2. | Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. | | 3. | Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near{5}; - with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow majority. | | 4. | Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances. | | 5. | Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. | | 6. | Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. | | 7. | Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. | | 8. | (Phon.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; - distinguished from wide; as ē (ēve) and Ō (fŌd), etc., from ĭ (ĭll) and Ŏ (fŎt), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13.| Narrow gauge | | (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n., 6. |
| | n. | 1. | A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; - usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor. | | v. t. | 1. | To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. | | 2. | To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. | | 3. | (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. | | v. i. | 1. | To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait. | | 2. | (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows. | | 3. | (Knitting) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one. |
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