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     1. sempit
Bahasa Inggris > Bahasa Inggris
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     1. adj. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
           a narrow hallway
     2. adj. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
     3. adj. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
           a narrow interpretation
     4. adj. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
           a narrow mind
           narrow views
     5. adj. Having a small margin or degree.
           a narrow escape
           The Republicans won by a narrow majority.
     6. adj. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened
           narrow circumstances
     7. adj. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
     8. adj. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
     9. adj. (phonetics) 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.
     10. v. To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
           We need to narrow the search.
     11. v. (intransitive) To get narrower.
           The road narrows.
     12. v. (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
           He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.
           She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.
     13. v. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
     14. n. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
           the Narrows of New York harbor
Bahasa Indonesia > Bahasa Inggris
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     1. adj. narrow
     2. adj. tight
     3. adj. (figurative) limited (of access, right, etc.)

Contoh Kalimat-kalimat

He's got a very narrow mind.
Campaigners say that its focus will be too narrow.
Several years later, we are in a narrow side street lined with shops.
You've got to start with the big picture and narrow it down to specifics.
Bull rushes lined the banks and an undistinguished company of ducks accompanied the slowly passing narrow boats.



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