Definition of "narrow" in Englisch

adjective

1. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

   • a narrow hallway

2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

3. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

   • a narrow interpretation

4. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

   • a narrow mind
   • narrow views

5. Having a small margin or degree.

   • a narrow escape
   • The Republicans won by a narrow majority.

6. (dated) Limited as to means; straitened

   • narrow circumstances

7. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

8. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

9. (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.

10. (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

    • a narrow character; a narrow stream

noun

1. (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

verb

1. (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

   • We need to narrow the search.

2. (intransitive) To get narrower.

   • The road narrows.

3. (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.

   • He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.
   • She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.

4. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

5. (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

   • to narrow an int variable to a short variable