Narrow
Meanings and phrases
adj.
- not wide
- limited in size or scope
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; narrow-minded
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; minute
- very limited in degree
n.
- a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
v.
- make or become more narrow or restricted; contract
- become tight or as if tight; constrict; constringe
- define clearly; pin down; peg down; nail down; narrow down; specify
- become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; specialize; specialise; narrow down
n.
- beech fern of North America and Eurasia; long beech fern; northern beech fern; Phegopteris connectilis; Dryopteris phegopteris; Thelypteris phegopteris
n.
- a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals; canal boat; narrowboat
v.
- define clearly; pin down; peg down; nail down; narrow; specify
- become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; specialize; specialise; narrow
- This will narrow down the root cause of the problem while continuous testing.
- Family-tree relationships also help to narrow down the date when lineages first appeared.
- All of these continued to highlight and narrow down the 125 GeV region as showing interesting features.
n.
- something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin; close call; close shave; squeak; squeaker
- Triton makes a narrow escape, having been blown into the swamp.
- Bond had a narrow escape as the ball passed straight through his hat.
- The narrow escape problem is that of calculating the mean escape time.
n.
- a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches
- These were converted back to narrow gauge in 1949.
- This was constructed in 1894 as narrow gauge.
- The Zinga–Mongo railway was constructed to narrow gauge.
n.
- western American goldenrod with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers; Solidago spathulata
n.
- a small margin; narrowness; slimness
- He ultimately won the election by a narrow margin.
- Poles voted for Humphrey over Nixon by a narrow margin, 56-44.
- Oliverio lost to David McKinley by an extremely narrow margin.
n.
- corduroy with narrow ribs
n.
- the way of proper and honest behavior; strait and narrow
n.
- the way of proper and honest behavior; straight and narrow
E.g.
- This is a very narrow chairlift and the longest one.
- There is a very narrow yellowish line border the wings.
- The tower is entered by a very narrow door.
E.g.
- Since 1983 a narrow gauge railway has opened on part of the original track bed.
- The line is the oldest narrow gauge railway in Austria and has a rail gauge of .
- A military, narrow gauge railway was used to move materials and supplies around the sites.
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- The head is long and narrow with a flat forehead.
- The snout is elongated making the head long and narrow.
- Leaves are long and narrow, stemming from the basal rosette.
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- It grew as a narrow strip along the rails.
- The narrow strip of land along the Hooghly is part of the Hooghly Flats.
- The St Andrews Links occupy a narrow strip of land along the sea-shore).
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- Haymond is located in a narrow valley surrounded by mountains.
- However, this narrow valley causes Amasya to have a temperate climate.
- The village of Satley lies in a narrow valley between Lanchester and Tow Law.
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- The narrow streets of Ladd's Addition are lined with American Elm trees.
- The houses were densely packed together and separated by narrow streets.
- The narrow streets around the church are surrounded by picturesque houses.
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- This has created a cohesive campus with many long narrow spaces between buildings.
- It was originally a long narrow Norman building from the bell tower to the chancel.
- In this sense, "Commelina tuberosa" is a low-growing plant with long narrow leaves.
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- Irish law was regarded as too narrow and extreme.
- Most of the roads were too narrow for tanks.
- The range of Byron's characters, Hazlitt contends, is too narrow.
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- It has a relatively narrow body with a rough, grainy texture.
- The epicenters of the recorded aftershocks formed a relatively narrow band.
- Poor ground visibility and relatively narrow landing gear track caused many losses on the ground.
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- Odysseus faced both Charybdis and Scylla while rowing through a narrow channel.
- KFC had nearly become National Champion in 1934 through a narrow loss to Ajax in the finals.
- Upon entering the attraction, the queue winds through a narrow rock wall and passing by the tracks.
E.g.
- Williams achieved a narrow victory, winning by 7,406 votes.
- However, Olin won a narrow victory.
- The other batsmen played well but Australia won a narrow victory by 11 runs.
E.g.
- the narrow band) in order to obtain sufficient precision.
- The epicenters of the recorded aftershocks formed a relatively narrow band.
- Even so, having multiple narrow band precision frequency-tuned lasers is also complex.
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- They can count the pulse in a narrow range only.
- Males can only be born if the temperature is within that narrow range.
- Contra tunes are played at a narrow range of tempos, between 108 and 132 bpm.
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- The medal is hung from a blue ribbon with a narrow white stripe along both edges.
- The juveniles in contrast, are blue-black marked from top to bottom with narrow white stripes.
- Vimy was a bay horse with a narrow white stripe bred in France by this owner, Pierre Wertheimer.
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- There is a narrow channel between the island and Arrow Rock.
- There is a narrow channel between the rock and Haulashore Island.
- In the middle of the two main islands, there is a deeper narrow channel.
E.g.
- The opening of the service took place on 1 November 2007 on a 950 mm narrow gauge line built in the 1930s from Potenza to Avigliano.
- While Goondiwindi is on a narrow gauge line that connects to Toowoomba via Warwick, these New South Wales and Queensland lines never met.
- The Billerica and Bedford Railroad was built in 1877 as a narrow gauge line between the Middlesex Central at Bedford and the B&L at North Billerica.
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- It replaced the earlier and more narrow term Rādhān.
- The eastern half of the beach is much more narrow than the western half.
- The lower lake is more of a rounded body, while the upper is more narrow.
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- The Czech Government gave support to it by a narrow majority.
- However, in the , Brown beat Skoglund by the narrow majority of 123 votes.
- Democrats picked up a net of one seat in the House, but Republicans retained a narrow majority.
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- It is attached to the mainland only by a narrow path.
- A narrow path along the small ravine leads to the rock cut steps.
- The task was to walk on a very narrow path in complete darkness with strobe lights flashing in their face.
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- Its narrow leaves are coated in soft hairs.
- In this sense, "Commelina tuberosa" is a low-growing plant with long narrow leaves.
- Growing to tall by broad, it is a deciduous shrub with long, weeping branches and narrow leaves.
E.g.
- Again, the line had to run directly through the narrow village street.
- The actors went through intensive training to learn how to move quickly through the narrow confines of the vessel.
- A signal that gets through the narrow filter is rectified into a DC voltage which is used to switch something on or off.
E.g.
- Examples of anaphora (in the narrow sense) and cataphora are given next.
- In this narrow sense, an important sub division is between local and remote gig work.
- Software is also sometimes used in a more narrow sense, meaning application software only.
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- Its Italianate features include its overhanging eaves with the decorative brackets, and its tall, narrow windows.
- The facade bays are otherwise articulated by brick pilasters, and have pairs of narrow windows, each with stone keystones, shoulders, and sills.
- The three right narrow windows are decorated with pilasters, rectangular sandricks; a triangular pediment and an attic stand out above the windows.
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- From there it is a narrow road and is 2 lanes wide in places.
- They tried to rally three times, but they were eventually surrounded on a narrow road.
- The dale is accessible by a narrow road which runs from Dent south to Kingsdale and Ingleton.
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- Icebergs and a narrow passage make the Strait of Belle Isle a hazardous body of water.
- Pirate attacks have not stopped the 50,000 ships that annually transit the narrow passage.
- The Katoghike (Cathedral) church stands south of S. Nshan, with a narrow passage dividing them.
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- Pterostigma of fore wing rather narrow.
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- In 1906 the narrow gorge at San Acacia was being considered for a dam.
- A column many miles long crowded into the deep, narrow gorge, less than across.
- Eldama, the non-English part of the name, is derived from the Maasai word ‘eldama’, which means narrow gorge.