adj
narrow
NA-roh
adj
1
Having a small width compared to length; not wide.
"The car barely fit down the narrow alley."
"They squeezed through a narrow gap in the fence."
verb
1
To make or become smaller in width or scope.
"The road narrows sharply just before the bridge."
"Police have narrowed the search to three suspects."
noun
1
A narrow stretch of water connecting two larger bodies.
"Their boat passed through the narrows at high tide."
How to Use Narrow
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNot wide — a small distance from side to side, or (figuratively) limited in scope.
Common pairings
narrow street
narrow margin
narrow it down
narrow-minded
Word Forms
narrowed past tense, narrows plural, narrows singular
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Etymology
From Old English nearu, "narrow, confined", tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to twist or constrict".