Narrow jelentése magyarul, definíció, kiejtés és példamondatok

narrow

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Főnév

1. (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.

the narrows of New York harbor

Melléknév

1. Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

a narrow hallway

2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

3. Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

a narrow interpretation

4. Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

a narrow mind

5. Having a small margin or degree.

The Republicans won by a narrow majority.

6. Limited as to means; straitened

narrow circumstances

7. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

8. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

9. 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.

Ige

1. To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

We need to narrow the search.

2. To get narrower.

The road narrows.

3. (of a person or eyes) 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.

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

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

to narrow an int variable to a short variable

Ellentétek: widen