Engels Woord van de dag

narrow

nauw

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Engels > Nederlands

narrow

1. nauw, smal

Engels > Engels

narrow

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

Nederlands > Engels

nauw

1. adj. narrow

2. adj. (figuratively) close

De bruine rat (Rattus norvegicus) is een zoogdier, behorende tot de orde van de knaagdieren. Zijnnauwste verwanten zijn de Aziatische soorten "Rattus pyctoris" en "Rattus nitidus". — The

3. n-n. strait

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

The gate was too narrow for the truck.
    De poort was te smal voor de vrachtwagen.
I know that the path of virtue is very narrow and that the path of vice is very wide and spacious.
    Ik weet dat het pad van de deugd erg smal is, en de weg van de ondeugd breed en ruim.
The path of virtue is very narrow and the path of vice is very wide and spacious.
    Het pad van de deugd is erg smal, en de weg van de ondeugd breed en ruim.

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