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Narrow

adjective

(compar. narrower; superl. narrowest)

Not wide. "A narrow line across the page" Antonym: wide.

Limited in size or scope.

Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view. Synonym: narrow-minded. "Narrow opinions" Antonym: broad-minded.

Very limited in degree. "A narrow escape" Antonym: wide.

Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination. Synonym: minute. "A narrow scrutiny" , "An exact and minute report"

verb

(past & past part. narrowed; pres. part. narrowing)

Make or become more narrow or restricted. Synonym: contract. "The road narrowed" Antonym: widen.

Define clearly. Synonyms: nail down, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify.

Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study. Synonyms: narrow down, specialise, specialize. Antonym: diversify.

Become tight or as if tight. Synonyms: constrict, constringe.

noun

(pl. narrows)

A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water.

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"Narrow" Quotes from Famous Books

... often that a village in this part of the country has such a narrow escape," said Eleanor, looking around, "See, girls, you can see for yourselves how close they were to having to turn and run ...

— The Camp Fire Girls on the March - Bessie King's Test of Friendship • Jane L. Stewart

... waded across, and began to climb up the opposite bank. I imitated his movements, and presently, having scrambled up on the farther side, we found ourselves standing on a narrow bank immediately under that summer house which Colin Camber had told me he had formerly used ...

— Bat Wing • Sax Rohmer

... taking a naughty satisfaction in the good trick she was playing on that poor boy killing himself to get back for dinner with her. An hour in the open banished her pettishness, and she drove rapidly along the narrow, twisting, unfamiliar road, finding a wild pleasure in her reckless speed. She loved this, she loved it, she loved it. She clapped on a little more gas to show how very dearly ...

— Sunny Slopes • Ethel Hueston

... the goddess with the radiant eyes: "What words are these, O sovereign of the skies! Short is the date prescribed to mortal man; Shall Jove for one extend the narrow span, Whose bounds were fix'd before his race began? How many sons of gods, foredoom'd to death, Before proud Ilion must resign their breath! Were thine exempt, debate would rise above, And murmuring powers condemn their partial ...

— The Iliad of Homer • Homer

... the first meeting; only a narrow escape of one. The man in the dark reckoned it safest to extend his hand and leave it, to await the first claimant. He took for granted this would be the mother, and as his hand closed on a lady's, not small enough to call his assumption in ...

— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

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