narrow

  • (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.