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narrow adj (narrower, narrowest) 1 having little breadth, especially in comparison with length. 2 said of interests or experience: restricted; limited. 3 said of attitudes or ideas: illiberal or unenlightened; intolerant or bigoted. 4 said of the use of a word: restricted to its precise or original meaning; strict • in its narrowest sense. 5 close; only just achieved, etc • a narrow escape. noun 1 a narrow part or place. 2 (narrows) a narrow part of a channel or river, etc. verb (narrowed, narrowing) tr & intr 1 to make or become narrow. 2 a (also narrow something down) said eg of a range of possibilities: to be reduced or limited; b (also narrow something down) to reduce it. narrowness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo Saxon nearu.