Parola del giorno in inglese

Definizioni

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narrow
1. agg. stretto, scarso, limitato
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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
italiano > inglese
stretto
1. adj. narrow
2. adj. tight
3. adj. strict
4. adj. (linguistics) close
5. subst. strait

Esempi d'uso

The road is too narrow for cars.      La strada è troppo stretta per le macchine. He had a narrow escape when he slipped on the stairs.      L'ha scampata per un pelo quando è scivolato per le scale. The gate is too narrow for a car.      Il cancello è troppo stretto per una macchina. She had a narrow escape.      Se l'è cavata per un pelo. Businesses perceive as competitors a narrow range of the business world; there are many cases where they don't understand their real rivals.      Le aziende percepiscono come concorrenti una gamma ristretta del mondo degli affari; ci sono molti casi in cui non capiscono i loro veri rivali.

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