Narrow vs. Narrower
Difference Between Narrow and Narrower
Narrow➦
Of small or limited width, especially in comparison with length.
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Of small or limited width, especially in comparison with length.
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Narrow➦
Limited in area or scope; cramped.
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Narrower➦
Limited in area or scope; cramped.
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Lacking flexibility; rigid
narrow opinions.
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Narrower➦
Lacking flexibility; rigid
narrow opinions.
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Narrow➦
Barely sufficient; close
a narrow margin of victory.
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Narrower➦
Barely sufficient; close
a narrow margin of victory.
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Narrow➦
Painstakingly thorough or attentive; meticulous
narrow scrutiny.
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Narrower➦
Painstakingly thorough or attentive; meticulous
narrow scrutiny.
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Narrow➦
(Linguistics) Tense.
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Narrower➦
(Linguistics) Tense.
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Narrow➦
To reduce in width or extent; make narrower.
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Narrower➦
To reduce in width or extent; make narrower.
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To limit or restrict
narrowed the possibilities down to three.
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Narrower➦
To limit or restrict
narrowed the possibilities down to three.
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Narrow➦
To become narrower; contract.
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Narrower➦
To become narrower; contract.
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Narrow➦
A part of little width, as a pass through mountains.
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Narrower➦
A part of little width, as a pass through mountains.
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A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water.
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Narrower➦
A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water.
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Narrow➦
A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide.
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Narrower➦
A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide.
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Narrow➦
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
a narrow hallway
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Narrower➦
One who, or that which, narrows.
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Narrow➦
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
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Narrower➦
One who, or that which, narrows or contracts.
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Narrow➦
(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
a narrow interpretation
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Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
a narrow mind
narrow views
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Narrow➦
Having a small margin or degree.
a narrow escape
The Republicans won by a narrow majority.
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Narrow➦
(dated) Limited as to means; straitened
narrow circumstances
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Narrow➦
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
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Narrow➦
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
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Narrow➦
(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.
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Narrow➦
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
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Narrow➦
(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
We need to narrow the search.
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Narrow➦
(intransitive) To get narrower.
The road narrows.
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Narrow➦
(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.
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Narrow➦
(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
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Narrow➦
To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
to narrow an
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Narrow➦
Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas.
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Narrow➦
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world.
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Narrow➦
Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near{5}; - with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow majority.
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Narrow➦
Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
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Narrow➦
Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
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Narrow➦
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
A very narrow and stinted charity.
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Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
But first with narrow search I must walk roundThis garden, and no corner leave unspied.
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Narrow➦
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 ē (ēve) and Ō (fŌd), etc., from ĭ (ĭll) and Ŏ (fŎt), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13.
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Narrow➦
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.
Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerousnarrow.
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Narrow➦
To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
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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.
Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings.
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To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
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To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
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Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
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To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
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a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
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make or become more narrow or restricted;
The selection was narrowed
The road narrowed
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define clearly;
I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
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become more special;
We specialize in dried flowers
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become tight or as if tight;
Her throat constricted
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not wide;
a narrow bridge
a narrow line across the page
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limited in size or scope;
the narrow sense of a word
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lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view;
a brilliant but narrow-minded judge
narrow opinions
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Narrow➦
very limited in degree;
won by a narrow margin
a narrow escape
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characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
a minute inspection of the grounds
a narrow scrutiny
an exact and minute report
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