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narrow
1. Adjektiv:
2. [1] von geringer Breite
[1] We cross a narrow bridge.
Wir überqueren eine schmale Brücke.
Englisch > Englisch
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. subst. (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
Deutsch > Englisch
eng
1. adj. narrow, tight
enge Freunde. - close friends.

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He met with a traffic accident and had a narrow escape from death.      Er hatte einen Verkehrsunfall und kam gerade noch mit dem Leben davon. We think that the narrow road was responsible for the accident.      Wir denken, dass der Unfall durch die enge Straße verursacht wurde. The gate was too narrow for the truck.      Das Tor war zu eng für den Lastwagen. The old woman had a narrow escape from being run over by a car.      Die alte Frau wäre um Haaresbreite von einem Auto überfahren worden. The road is too narrow for cars.      Die Straße ist zu schmal für Autos.

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