narrow
/næroʊ/
verbadjectivenoun
6 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS10
VERB
1
Become tight or as if tight.
2
Become more focused on an area of activity or field of study.
3
Make or become more narrow or restricted.
“The selection was narrowed”
“The road narrowed”
4
ADJECTIVEDefine clearly.
“I cannot narrow down the rules for this game”
1
Very limited in degree.
“won by a narrow margin”
“a narrow escape”
2
Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination.
“a narrow scrutiny”
3
Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view.
“a brilliant but narrow-minded judge”
“narrow opinions”
4
Limited in size or scope.
“the narrow sense of a word”
5
NOUNNot wide.
“a narrow bridge”
“a narrow line across the page”
1
A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water.
WORD FORMS
Related formnarrowing
Related formnarrowness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®10 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinarrownay
Starts & ends withN … W
Syllablesnar · row
SYNONYMS & RELATED41
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