narrow

IPA: nˈɛroʊ

(chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.

(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
(intransitive) To get narrower.
(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
(transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
Having a small margin or degree.
(dated) Limited as to means; straitened
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
(phonetics) 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.
Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

Examples of "narrow" in Sentences

The scope of the dread is narrow.
It is the result of narrowed airways.
The gorge is the narrow section of the valley.
The width of the properties was comparatively narrow.
In the Singaporean variant, the noodles are narrower.
The narrow streets of the old city can be clogged with traffic.
A single cab was splashing its way from the narrow corner of the street.
The arches are relatively narrow in relation to the width of the shoulders.
The maze of narrow streets behind the old harbor forms the core of the old town.
These residential buildings are in narrow streets and alleys, making it near to impossible to provide emergency help in case of any mischance.