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| 1. n. A narrow part of a navigable waterway. |  |
| 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 | |
