narrow meaning
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[ˈnæɹoʊ] [ˈneɹoʊ] [ˈnɛɹoʊ] [ˈnæɹəʊ] [-ærəʊ] 
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- Narrow may refer to:
- The Narrow, rock band from South Africa
- Narrow banking, proposed banking system that would eliminate bank runs and the need for a deposit insurance
- narrow gauge railway, a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the 4 ft 8½ in of standard gauge railways
- Narrow vs wide format, a style of displaying tabular data
- Narrowboat or narrow boat, a boat of a distinctive design made to fit the narrow canals of Great Britain
- Narrow (album),a 2012 album by Austrian musical project Soap&Skin
- NounPLnarrows
- (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
- the Narrows of New York harbor
- (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
- VerbSGnarrowsPRnarrowingPT, PPnarrowed
- AdjectiveCOMnarrowerSUPnarrowest
- Having a small width; not wide; slim; slender; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- a narrow hallway
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- a narrow interpretation
- Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted.
- a narrow mind; narrow views
- Having a small margin or degree.
- a narrow escape
- The Republicans won by a narrow majority.
- (dated) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching.
- narrow circumstances
- 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.
- Having a small width; not wide; slim; slender; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Perhaps she thought that by taking the huge gamble of misspeaking one more time about her narrow escape on the tarmac at Tuzla, she could compensate for misvoting on Iraq.
- Egypt has slowly tried to resecure the border, refusing to allow the resupply of goods to the border towns of El Arish and Egyptian Rafah and taking steps to narrow the breaches.
- ...the narrow gay ideal of a slim or waiflike male body, as displayed by the young "twink".
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The project would seriously go down the pan if Mrs. Foster weren't here to keep it on the straight and narrow.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of narrow in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "narrow" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.