narrow
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- adjective
- /ˈnɛroʊ/
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- This area was only accessible by a narrow path that cut through the hills.
- a narrow path
- a narrow street
- a narrow road
I'm going down the narrowest of country lanes.
- I'm going down the narrowest of country lanes.
- It's a tall, narrow library looks like this.
- It's like super narrow and like rickety.
- It's just sucks to be your pinky toe because you wore narrow shoes.
- And it's very narrow and very deep, just like Loch Ness.
- The cobblestone lanes are narrow and shiny from centuries of use.
- So there are some very narrow, narrow ways around it.
Examples
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Because the canyon south of town here is very narrow.
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He slipped through the narrow opening in the fence without being noticed.
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Up one old, narrow street and down another.
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Now this door's very narrow.
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Eventually, they turned into the forest along a narrow path that wound past some wooden shacks.
Fiction book (1990) -
As we made our way up a narrow valley, thick clouds settled in and dampened everything.
Academic text (2011) -
The two depend on habitat in a narrow corridor along the Rio Grande.
Academic text (1999) -
Far below, a river snakes through a narrow defile, an empty highway hugging its banks.
Academic text (2011) -
The pathway was only wide enough for one person, making it a narrow trail through the forest.
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The bridge crosses a narrow stream, allowing easy access to the other side.
Synonyms
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Not thick from side to side, for example a line or a slice
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Very small in amount or size, often for close results
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Narrow with little space from one side to the other
A little narrower than usual
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A railway track with rails closer together than on a standard railway
A small toad with a very narrow mouth that lives in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
An airplane with one aisle that airlines often use on short or domestic flights
- Specialized
A passenger plane with one aisle that is used for short or medium flights
- Specialized
A plant from western North America with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers
- Specialized
A tall marsh plant with long narrow leaves and a brown flower head
- Specialized
A plant with narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers that grows in the western United States
- Australian
A large Australian tree from Queensland with cream flowers that have red marks inside
A European plant with purple and pink flowers that farmers grow for animal food or to improve soil
A plant from the southwestern United States with narrow leaves and yellow-orange flowers
A tall water plant with narrow leaves and a long brown flower spike that grows in wetlands
A fern with narrow leaves on yellowish stalks that grows in shady rocky places
A flowering plant with narrow leaves and white flowers at the top
A small toad with smooth tough skin that hides and lives in central and western North America
How Narrow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Narrow comes from an old English root meaning 'close' or 'tight' and is related to near. So to be narrow is to have sides 'close' together, not wide.