1. Not wide
   "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" 
2. Limited in size or scope
   "the narrow sense of a word" 
3. Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
   "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"
   - narrow-minded 
4. Very limited in degree
   "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" 
5. Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
   "a narrow scrutiny"
   - minute

1. Make or become more narrow or restricted
   "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
   - contract, neck 
2. Define clearly
   "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
   - pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, specify 
3. Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
   - specialize, specialise [Brit], narrow down 
4. Become tight or as if tight
   - constrict, constringe

1. A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

Derived forms: narrowing, narrowest, narrows, narrowed, narrower

See also: bare, breadth, careful, closed-minded, close-minded, constricting, constrictive, dogmatic, dogmatical, illiberal, intolerant, limited, marginal, narrowed, narrowing, narrowly, narrow-mouthed, narrowness, opinionated, opinionative, petty, self-opinionated, slender, slimline, small-minded, strait [archaic], straplike, tapered, tapering, thin, width

Type of: alter, change, determine, sound, strait, tighten, vary

Antonym: wide, widen

Encyclopedia: Narrow

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