narrow
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Is narrow a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.Examples: "a narrow interpretation"figuratively
2. (dated) Limited as to means; straitenedExamples: "narrow circumstances"dated
3. (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.
4. (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.Examples: "a narrow character; a narrow stream"Antonyms: wide
noun (English)
1. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.Examples: "the narrows of New York harbor"; "Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous narrow."in-plural
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.Examples: "We need to narrow the search."transitive
2. (intransitive) To get narrower.Examples: "The road narrows."intransitive
3. (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.Examples: "He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits."; "She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed."
4. (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
5. (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.Examples: "to narrow an int variable to a short variable"Antonyms: widentransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary