Narrow | Mean of narrow in English Dictionary

/ˈneroʊ/

• long and not wide
1. a long, narrow table
2. narrow hallways/passageways
3. The city's ancient streets are too narrow for buses.
4. The sofa isn't narrow enough [=it is too wide] to fit through the door.
5. a narrow path
6. We crossed at the narrowest part of the river.
7. His shoulders are very narrow.
• including or involving a small number of things or people
1. within the narrow limits allowed by law
2. They offer a narrow range/choice of flavors: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla.
3. the study's narrow focus on 30-year-old men
4. The study was narrow in scope.
5. a narrow view/perspective of politics
• almost not successful
1. a narrow escape/victory
2. They won by a narrow [=close, small] margin.
• Verb

• to make (something) less wide
1. She narrowed her eyes and stared at me. = She stared at me through narrowed [=partly closed] eyes.
2. The path was narrowed by overgrowth.
• to become less wide
1. His eyes narrowed as he focused on the words in front of him.
2. The vase narrows at its top.
• to make (something) smaller in amount or range
1. The field has been narrowed [=reduced] from eight to two candidates.
2. We've been able to narrow [=limit] the search to a three-mile area.
3. narrowing the range of options
4. You'll need to narrow the focus of your paper to one central idea.
5. The choices have been narrowed down to two.
6. To narrow down its pool of applicants, the school made its admission requirements stricter.
• to become smaller in amount or range
1. The gap between their salaries was beginning to narrow.