narrow

Significado (Inglês)

Adj

1. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
3. Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
4. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
5. Having a small margin or degree.
6. Limited as to means; straitened
7. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
8. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
9. 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.
10. Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

Noun

A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.

Verb

1. To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
2. To get narrower.
3. To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
4. To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
5. To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

Conceitos

narrow

tight

small

thin

cramped

contract

close

confined

slender

limited

strait

tiny

make narrow

crowded

restricted

constricted

narrow down

squeezed

taper

tense

slim

little

narrow-minded

near

close-fitting

illiberal

contracted

limit

restrict

constrict

straiten

become narrow

critical

dangerous

grave

limping

uncertain

unreliable

watch out

reduce

weak

be constricted

shrink

diminish

shallow gully

constringe

minute

specialise

specialize

nail down

peg down

pin down

specify

strict

parochial

short

pinch

squeeze

adj 1 & 3 thin

constrained

formal

rigid

stiff

uneasy

shorten

small-sized

cramp

become narrower

small-scale

mean

dwindle

dull

obtuse

slow-witted

stupid

blocked up

straitened

of little breadth

incapacious

meticulous

precise

lessen

neck

one-track

particularistic

pinched

pinching

sectarian

slimline

stingy

finite

press

circumscribed

break

bridle

rein

compressed

pressed

together

pointed

skinny

a bit thick

nigh

barranca

barranco

canyon

defile

gap

glen

gorge

narrow defile

be tight

hemmed in

straight

congested

thronged

uncleared

tapered

bridge over

take in

bare

exiguous

lean

meager

scant

scanty

scarce

skimpy

spare

bound

define

delineate

divide

line

mark off

unintelligent

sound

blow-by-blow

detailed

elaborate

particular

particularised

narrowly

become thin

tightened

close together

nearby

squint

small in diameter

stifling

stuffy

snug

strained

taut

tighten

bordering

close shave

risky

selfish

soft

mournful

Hifenizado como

nar‧row

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈnæɹəʊ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Middle English narow, narowe, narewe, narwe, naru, from Old English nearu (“narrow, strait, confined, constricted, not spacious, limited, petty; limited, poor, restricted; oppressive, causing anxiety (of that which restricts free action of body or mind), causing or accompanied by difficulty, hardship, oppressive; oppressed, not having free action; strict, severe”), from Proto-West Germanic *naru, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz (“constricted, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to turn, bend, twist, constrict”). Cognate with Scots naro, narow, narrow (“narrow”), North Frisian naar, noar, noor (“narrow”), Saterland Frisian noar (“bleak, dismal, meager, ghastly, unwell”), Saterland Frisian Naarwe (“scar”), West Frisian near (“narrow”), Dutch naar (“dismal, bleak, ill, sick”), Low German naar (“dismal, ghastly”), German Nehrung (“spit, narrow peninsula”), Norwegian norve (“a clip, staple”), Icelandic narrow- (“njörva-”, in compounds).