Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

    We need to narrow the search.

    verengen, einschränken, beschränken

    сужа́тьsužátʹ, су́зитьsúzitʹ

    зву́жуватиzvúžuvaty, зву́зитиzvúzyty

  2. (intransitive)To get narrower.

    The road narrows.

    sich verengen

    сужа́тьсяsužátʹsja, су́зитьсяsúzitʹsja

    зву́жуватисяzvúžuvatysja, зву́зитисяzvúzytysja

  3. To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.

    He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.

    She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.

  4. To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

  5. (transitive)To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

    to narrow an int variable to a short variable

More definitions
  • make or become more narrow or restricted
  • become tight or as if tight
  • become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
  • define clearly

Examples

354 sentences

  1. The road is too narrow for cars.

    Ця дорога завузька для автомобілів. — deniko

    ruЭта дорога слишком узкая для автомобилей. — Hellerick

    deDie Straße ist zu schmal für Autos. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. The gate was too narrow for the truck.

    Ворота були завузькі для вантажівки. — deniko

    ruВорота были слишком узкими для грузовика. — Hellerick

    deDas Tor war zu eng für den Lastwagen. — xtofu80

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  3. That road is too narrow for a car to drive on.

    Ця дорога завузька для машини. — Ahha

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  4. I had a narrow escape.

    Я ледве врятувався. — deniko

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  5. I think Tom is narrow-minded.

    Я думаю, Том — вузьколоба людина. — deniko

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to reduce in width or extent:
to get narrower:
Русский
By meaning 2
to reduce in width or extent:
to get narrower:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to reduce in width or extent:
to get narrower:

Origin

From Middle English narwen (“to narrow”); see there for more details, but ultimately deriv

From Middle English narwen (“to narrow”); see there for more details, but ultimately derived from the noun.

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Forms

narrows, narrowing, narrowed, narrowed
Base formnarrow · to narrow
3rd person singularnarrows
Present participlenarrowing
Past simplenarrowed
Past participlenarrowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynarrow
he, she, itnarrows

Past simpleLesson

all personsnarrowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave narrowed
he, she, ithas narrowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill narrow

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

11 synonyms
taper
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
widenB2

Word family

5 related words
Relatednarrowing
Derivednarrowablenarrow downnarrow uprenarrow

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

9 patterns
  • narrow minded
  • too narrow for
  • a narrow escape
  • is too narrow
  • narrow escape
  • is narrow minded
  • narrow minded isn't
  • narrow path
  • had a narrow

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
narrationnarrativeB1narratorB2narrowlyB2narwhalnary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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