narrow definition

1. a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
2. make or become more narrow or restricted
• examples: The selection was narrowed
• examples: The road narrowed
3. not wide
• examples: a narrow bridge
• examples: a narrow line across the page
4. limited in size or scope
• examples: the narrow sense of a word
5. lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
• examples: a brilliant but narrow-minded judge
• examples: narrow opinions
6. very limited in degree
• examples: won by a narrow margin
• examples: a narrow escape