Narrow (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective, nar·row·er, nar·row·est.
  1. of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
  2. limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow quarters.
  3. limited in range or scope: a narrow sampling of public opinion.
  4. lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as persons, the mind, or ideas: a narrow man, knowing only his professional specialty;a narrow mind.
  5. with little margin to spare; barely adequate or successful; close: a narrow escape.
  6. careful, thorough, or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry.
  7. limited in amount; small; meager: narrow resources.
  8. characterized by limited means; straitened; impoverished: Since work was scarce, he soon found himself in narrow circumstances.
  9. stingy or parsimonious.
  10. Phonetics.
    • (of a vowel) articulated with the tongue laterally constricted, as the ee of beet, the oo of boot, etc.; tense.
    • (of a phonetic transcription) utilizing a unique symbol for each phoneme and whatever supplementary diacritics are needed to indicate its subphonemic varieties.
  11. (of livestock feeds) proportionately rich in protein.
verb (used without object)
  1. to decrease in width or breadth: This is where the road narrows.
verb (used with object)
  1. to make narrower.
  2. to limit or restrict (often followed by down): to narrow an area of search;to narrow down a contest to three competitors.
  3. to make narrow-minded: Living in that village has narrowed him.
noun
  1. a narrow part, place, or thing.
  2. a narrow part of a valley, passage, or road.
  3. a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.
  4. a narrow strait from upper to lower New York Bay, between Staten Island and Long Island. 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) long; 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) wide.
adjective
  1. small in breadth, esp in comparison to length
  2. limited in range or extent
  3. limited in outlook; lacking breadth of vision
  4. limited in means or resources; meagre
  5. barely adequate or successful (esp in the phrase a narrow escape)
  6. painstakingly thorough; minute
  7. denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money, and banks' balances
  8. overcareful with money; parsimonious
  9. phonetics
    • another word for tense 1 (def. 4)
    • relating to or denoting a transcription used to represent phonetic rather than phonemic distinctions
    • another word for close 1 (def. 21)
  10. (of agricultural feeds) especially rich in protein
  11. an escape only just managed
verb
  1. to make or become narrow; limit; restrict
noun
  1. a narrow place, esp a pass or strait
Narrow (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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