narrow

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This made it transparent to a narrow range of frequencies.

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a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

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noun

a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

verb

make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

verb

define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for narrow.

noun

a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

verb

make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

verb

define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

verb

become more focus on an area of activity or field of study; "She specializes in Near Eastern history"

verb

become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"

adjective

not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"

adjective

limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"

adjective

lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"

adjective

very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"

adjective

characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

Example sentences

This made it transparent to a narrow range of frequencies.

It didn't narrow my horizons - it broadened them.

"In contrast, Jobss vision, brilliant and perfect as it was, was narrow.

And so our software is designed in a very narrow and limiting fashion.

It's one thing to like something, but to hate on something else because of that is very narrow minded.

Drupal developers by and large have such a narrow range of experience that they don't even know what they are missing.

Does anyone honestly believe a person that was CEO of 2 different companies that changed industries has a narrow vision?

Or all of the goddamn fixed-width "experiences" that were either too wide for what users wanted their window to be or so narrow that acres of space were wasted.

You say that you are talking about comparing computer programmers as compared to other highly skilled professionals, but then you narrow your focus to the highest percentile in each category.

But the kind of intolerance and self-centered narrow-mindedness that overzealous deletionists exhibit doesn't suit the spirit of a collaborative online project.

In addition, courts have consistently refused to extrapolate a generalized right to bodily and physical health from the Supreme Courts narrow substantive due process precedents regarding abortion, intimate relations, and the refusal of lifesaving medical treatment.