narrow

a. ஒடுக்கமான, அகலக்கட்டையான, நெருக்கமான, இடையலங் குறைந்த, கூம்பிய, குறுகிய, விரிவகற்சிக்கிடமில்லாத, இடவளமற்ற, முட்டுப்பாடான, சுருங்கிய குடுவை போன்ற, எல்லைக்குறுக்கமான, அளவு வரையறைப் பட்ட, குறுகிய அளவான, சிறிதே விலகிய, குறுகிய நோக்கமுடைய, குறுகிய தன்னலமுடைய, தாராள மனப்பான்மையற்ற, குறுகிய வெறிபிடித்த, கஞ்சத்தனமான, கையிருக்கமான, கரஞ்சிக்கனமான, செல்வவளமற்ற, குறுட்டுத்த தப்பெண்ணமுடைய, முகு கண்டிப்பான, நுணுக்கிக் காண்கிற, (ஒலி.) செறிவான, (வினை.) ஒடுக்கு, சுருக்கு, குறுக்கு, குறைபடு, கட்டுப்படுத்து, அடைத்திரு, ஒடுங்கு, சுருங்கு, துன்னலில் அதைப்புக்களின் எண்ணிக்கையினைக் குறைவாக்கு.

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Nar"row, a. [Compar. Narrower; superl. Narrowest.] Etym: [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.] 1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem. Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas. Shak. 2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world. Bp. Wilkins. 3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority. Dryden. 4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances. 5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. "A narrow understanding." Macaulay. 6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. A very narrow and stinted charity. Smalridge. 7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. But first with narrow search I must walk round This garden, and no corner leave unspied. Milton. 8. (Phon.) Defn: 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; as e (eve) and oo (food), etc., from ì (ìll) and oo (foot), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 13. Note: Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words, especially to participles and adjectives, forming compounds of obvious signification; as, narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted, narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed, narrow-leaved, narrow- pointed, narrow-souled, narrow-sphered, etc. Narrow gauge. (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n., 6. Nar"row, n.; pl. Narrows (. Defn: A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor. Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous narrow. Gladstone. Nar"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Narrowing.] Etym: [AS. nearwian.] 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. Sir W. Temple. 2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. I. Watts. 3. (Knitting) Defn: To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. Nar"row, v. i. 1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait. 2. (Man.) Defn: Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows. Farrier's Dict. 3. (Knitting) Defn: To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.