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Adjective narrow has 5 senses
- narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
Antonyms: wide, broad, beamy, bird's-eye, panoramic, broad-brimmed, citywide, countywide, countrywide, nationwide, deep, heavy, thick, in width, in breadth, schoolwide, spreading, statewide, stretching, wide-spreading, sweeping, wide-screen, fanlike
- narrow - limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"
Antonyms: unlimited, limitless (indirect, via limited)
- narrow-minded, narrow - lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"
- narrow - very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"
Antonyms: wide, comfortable
- minute, narrow - characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"
Antonym: careless (indirect, via careful)
Noun narrow has 1 sense
- narrow - a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
--1 is a kind of strait, sound
--1 has particulars: Verrazano Narrows
Verb narrow has 4 senses
- narrow, contract - make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
--1 is one way to change
Antonyms: widen
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- pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
--2 is one way to determine
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- specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down - become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"
--3 is one way to change, alter, vary
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- constrict, constringe, narrow - become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"
--4 is one way to tighten
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