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narrow

('n/&/r/oU/ )

not wide(adj.all)

Example:
A narrow bridge.
A narrow line across the page.

Antonym:
broad, wide

source: wordnet30
lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view(adj.all)

Example:
A brilliant but narrow-minded judge.
Narrow opinions.

Synonym:
narrow-minded
Antonym:
broad-minded

source: wordnet30
very limited in degree(adj.all)

Example:
Won by a narrow margin.
A narrow escape.

Antonym:
wide

source: wordnet30
Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.(noun)

source: webster1913

make or become more narrow or restricted(verb.change)

Example:
The selection was narrowed.
The road narrowed.

Synonym:
contract
Antonym:
widen

source: wordnet30
define clearly(verb.cognition)

Example:
I cannot narrow down the rules for this game.

Synonym:
nail down, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify

source: wordnet30
become more focus on an area of activity or field of study(verb.change)

Synonym:
narrow down, specialise, specialize
Antonym:
branch out, broaden, diversify

source: wordnet30
become tight or as if tight(verb.change)

Synonym:
constrict, constringe

source: wordnet30
To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.(verb)

source: webster1913