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Definitions of narrow
superl. - Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. ²
superl. - Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. ²
superl. - Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority. ²
superl. - Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances. ²
superl. - Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. ²
superl. - Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. ²
superl. - Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. ²
superl. - 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; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13. ²
n. - A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor. ²
v. t. - To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. ²
v. t. - To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. ²
v. t. - To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. ²
v. i. - To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait. ²
v. i. - Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows. ²
v. i. - To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one. ²

The word "narrow" uses 6 letters: A N O R R W.

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Shorter words found within narrow:
an   ar   arrow   aw   awn   na   naw   no   nor   now   oar   on   or   ora   orra   ow   own   ran   raw   roan   roar   row   rowan   wan   war   warn   wo   won   worn  

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