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1. Not wide
   "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
    
2. Limited in extent or scope
   "the narrow sense of a word"
    
3. Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
   "a narrow scrutiny";
   - minute
    
4. Lacking tolerance, flexibility or breadth of view
   "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions";
   - narrow-minded
    
5. Very limited in degree
   "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"

1. Make or become more narrow or restricted
   "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed";
   - contract, neck
    
2. Define clearly
   "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game";
   - pin down, peg down [informal], nail down, narrow down, specify
    
3. Become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
   - specialize, specialise [Brit], narrow down
    
4. Become tight or as if tight
   "Her throat narrowed";
   - constrict, constringe

1. A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

Derived forms: narrowing, narrowed, narrows, narrower, narrowest

See also: bare, breadth, careful, closed-minded, close-minded, constricting, constrictive, dogmatic, dogmatical, illiberal, intolerant, limited, marginal, narrowed, narrowing, narrow-mouthed, opinionated, opinionative, petty, self-opinionated, slender, slimline, small-minded, strait [archaic], straplike, tapered, tapering, thin, width

Type of: alter, change, determine, sound, strait, tighten, vary

Antonym: broaden, broad-minded, wide

Encyclopedia: Narrow