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- (noun): (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
- (adjective): Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- (adjective): Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- (adjective): Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- (adjective): Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (adjective): Having a small margin or degree.
- (adjective): Limited as to means; straitened
- (adjective): Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- (adjective): Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (adjective): 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.
- the narrows of New York harbor
- a narrow hallway
- a narrow interpretation
- a narrow mind
- The Republicans won by a narrow majority.