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narrow

English

  1. 🔊 limited in size or scope
    “the narrow sense of a word”
  2. 🔊 not wide
    “a narrow bridge”
  3. 🔊 very limited in degree
    “won by a narrow margin”
  4. 🔊 lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
    “a brilliant but narrow-minded judge”
  5. 🔊 characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
    “a minute inspection of the grounds”
  6. 🔊 a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
  7. 🔊 make or become more narrow or restricted
    “The selection was narrowed”
  8. 🔊 become tight or as if tight
    “Her throat constricted”
  9. 🔊 become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
    “She specializes in Near Eastern history”
  10. 🔊 define clearly
    “I cannot narrow down the rules for this game”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 angosto narrow
  2. 🔊 escurrido narrow
  3. 🔊 estrecho narrow
  4. 🔊 angostar to narrow
  5. 🔊 reducir to narrow, to narrow down (e.g. suspects, a search, a gap, choices)

Similar words

constrict constringe contract specialize specialise narrow down pin down peg down nail down narrow down specify narrow-minded minute lenten quakerish spartan victorian abate abbreviate abstemious accented accurate adjust to alter