of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected

a narrow path.

limited in extent or space; affording little room

narrow quarters.

limited in range or scope

a narrow sampling of public opinion.

lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as persons, the mind, or ideas

a narrow man, knowing only his professional specialty; a narrow mind.

with little margin to spare; barely adequate or successful; close

a narrow escape.

careful, thorough, or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry.

limited in amount; small; meager

narrow resources.

straitened; impoverished

narrow circumstances.

New England . stingy or parsimonious.

Phonetics .

(of a vowel) articulated with the tongue laterally constricted, as the ee of beet, the oo of boot, etc.; tense. Compare lax ( def. 7 ) .

(of a phonetic transcription) utilizing a unique symbol for each phoneme and whatever supplementary diacritics are needed to indicate its subphonemic varieties. Compare broad ( def. 14 ) .

(of livestock feeds) proportionately rich in protein.

to decrease in width or breadth

This is where the road narrows.

to make narrower.

to limit or restrict (often fol. by down )

to narrow an area of search; to narrow down a contest to three competitors.

to make narrow-minded

Living in that village has narrowed him.

a narrow part, place, or thing.

a narrow part of a valley, passage, or road.

narrows, ( used with a singular or plural verb ) a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.

The Narrows, a narrow strait from upper to lower New York Bay, between Staten Island and Long Island. 2 mi. (3.2 km) long; 1 mi. (1.6 km) wide.

adjective

broad , generous , liberal , unconfined , unrestricted , wide , accepting , broad-minded , tolerant , spendthrift , wasting

verb

broaden , complicate , expand , increase , intensify

adjective

attenuated , circumscribed , close , compressed , confining , constricted , contracted , cramped , definite , determinate , exclusive , exiguous , fine , fixed , incapacious , limited , linear , meager , near , paltry , pent , pinched , precarious , precise , scant , scanty , select , set , shrunken , slender , slim , small , spare , strait , taper , tapered , tapering , thin , threadlike , tight , biased , bigoted , conservative , conventional , dogmatic , hidebound , illiberal , inexorable , inflexible , narrow-minded , obdurate , parochial , partial , prejudiced , reactionary , avaricious , mean , mercenary , scrimpy , tight * , ungenerous , crowded , snug , little , petty , small-minded , insular , provincial , small-town , denominational , incommodious , jaundiced , municipal , pedantic , restricted , sectarian , stenotic , straitened , uncatholic

verb

circumscribe , constrict , contract , diminish , limit , taper , tighten , constringe , biased , bigoted , close , confine , confining , cramp , cramped , definite , eliminate , hidebound , illiberal , inexorable , inflexible , lessen , limited , little , meager , mean , pinched , prejudiced , reactionary , reduce , restrict , restricted , rigid , scant , select , slender , slim , small , sound , strait , strict , tight