narrow
adjective
[ ˈnarəʊ ]
• of small width in relation to length.
• "he made his way down the narrow road"
Similar:
small,
tapered,
tapering,
narrowing,
narrow-gauged,
strait,
slender,
slim,
lean,
slight,
spare,
attenuated,
thin,
attenuate,
confined,
cramped,
tight,
close,
restricted,
limited,
constricted,
confining,
pinched,
squeezed,
meagre,
scant,
scanty,
incommodious,
exiguous,
incapacious,
• limited in extent, amount, or scope.
• "they ate a narrow range of foods"
Similar:
limited,
restricted,
circumscribed,
straitened,
small,
inadequate,
insufficient,
deficient,
lacking,
wanting,
select,
exclusive,
• denoting or relating to a contest that is won or lost by only a very small margin.
• "the home team just hung on for a narrow victory"
• denoting a vowel pronounced with the root of the tongue drawn back so as to narrow the pharynx.
narrow
verb
• become or make less wide.
• "the road narrowed and crossed an old bridge"
Similar:
get/become/make narrower,
get/become/make smaller,
taper,
diminish,
decrease,
reduce,
contract,
shrink,
constrict,
straiten,
• become or make more limited in extent or scope.
• "the gap between the sexes is narrowing"
narrow
noun
• a narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water.
• "there was a car ferry across the narrows of Loch Long"
Origin:
Old English nearu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naar ‘dismal, unpleasant’ and German Narbe ‘scar’. Early senses in English included ‘constricted’ and ‘mean’.
