Etymology : Middle English narowe, from Old English nearu; akin to Old High German narwa scar
Pronunciation : nar-(")O
Function : adjective
Date : before 12th century
1. make narrow, limit, restrict; contract, lessen in width, taper. tight, strait; reduced; narrow-minded; not wide. narrow place (valley, mountain pass, etc.); narrow passage. narrow-leaf cattail.
2. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
3. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
4. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.
5. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
6. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
7. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
8. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
9. Formed by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide; as ē and &oomac; , etc., from &ibreve; and &oocr; , etc.
10. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 13.
11. 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.
12. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
13. 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.
14. To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
15. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
16. Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
17. To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one. a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word" not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape".
18. 1. Something that is narrow measures a very small distance from one side to the other, especially compared to its length or height. through the town's narrow streets She had long, narrow feet. the narrow strip of land joining the peninsula to the rest of the island. ¡Ù wide + narrowness nar·row·ness the narrowness of the river mouth.
19. If something narrows, it becomes less wide. The wide track narrows before crossing another stream.
20. If your eyes narrow or if you narrow your eyes, you almost close them, for example because you are angry or because you are trying to concentrate on something. Coggins' eyes narrowed angrily. `You think I'd tell you?' He paused and narrowed his eyes in concentration. ¡Ù widen.
21. disapproval If you describe someone's ideas, attitudes, or beliefs as narrow, you disapprove of them because they are restricted in some way, and often ignore the more important aspects of an argument or situation. a narrow and outdated view of family life = limited ¡Ù broad + narrowly nar·row·ly They're making judgments based on a narrowly focused vision of the world. + narrowness nar·row·ness the narrowness of their mental and spiritual outlook.
22. If something narrows or if you narrow it, its extent or range becomes smaller. Most recent opinion polls suggest that the gap between the two main parties has narrowed Senate negotiators further narrowed their differences over the level of federal spending for anti-drug programs. ¡Ù widen + narrowing nar·row·ing a narrowing of the gap between rich members and poor.
23. If you have a narrow victory, you succeed in winning but only by a small amount. Delegates have voted by a narrow majority in favour of considering electoral reform. + narrowly nar·row·ly She narrowly failed to win enough votes + narrowness nar·row·ness The narrowness of the government's victory reflected deep division within the Party.
24. If you have a narrow escape, something unpleasant nearly happens to you. Two police officers had a narrow escape when separatists attacked their vehicles. + narrowly nar·row·ly Five firemen narrowly escaped death when a staircase collapsed beneath their feet.
25. on the straight and narrow: see:
straight.
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