Narrow
11Narrow — Nar row, v. i. 1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait. [1913 Webster] 2. (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows. Farrier s Dict. [1913 Webster] 3.… …
12narrow — nar|row1 W2S3 [ˈnærəu US rou] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not wide)¦ 2 narrow escape 3 narrow victory/defeat/majority/margin etc 4¦(ideas/attitudes)¦ 5 narrow sense/definition 6¦(limited)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: nearu] 1.) ¦(NOT WIDE)¦ …
13narrow — ▪ I. narrow nar‧row 1 [ˈnærəʊ ǁ roʊ] adjective 1. small in amount: • The polls give Mr. Edwards a narrow lead. • Analysts had expected a narrow decline in pretax earnings. • The Senate rejected the bid by a narrow margin ( …
14narrow — narrowly, adv. narrowness, n. /nar oh/, adj., narrower, narrowest, v., n. adj. 1. of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path. 2. limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow… …
15narrow — [[t]næ̱roʊ[/t]] ♦♦ narrower, narrowest, narrows, narrowing, narrowed 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is narrow measures a very small distance from one side to the other, especially compared to its length or height. ...through the town s narrow… …
16narrow — 1 adjective 1 NOT WIDE not wide, especially in comparison with length or with what is usual: a narrow winding valley | a long narrow room | There are plans to widen the narrowest sections of the road. compare broad 1 (1) opposite wide 1 (1) 2… …
17narrow — 01. The truck had a lot of trouble getting down the [narrow] street. 02. The old man [narrowly] missed being killed when a car almost hit him as he was crossing the street. 03. We paddled the canoe through a [narrow] channel, and into the open… …
18narrow — adj., n., & v. adj. (narrower, narrowest) 1 a of small width in proportion to length; lacking breadth. b confined or confining; constricted (within narrow bounds). 2 of limited scope; restricted (in the narrowest sense). 3 with little margin (a… …
19narrow — I UK [ˈnærəʊ] / US [ˈneroʊ] adjective Word forms narrow : adjective narrow comparative narrower superlative narrowest *** 1) small in width, especially when compared to how high or long something is a narrow strip of land/water narrow, winding… …
20narrow — nar|row1 [ nerou ] adjective *** 1. ) small in width, especially when compared to how high or long something is: a narrow strip of land/water narrow, winding streets ─ opposite WIDE 2. ) limited in range or variety: We are left with a relatively… …
