Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Narrow \Nar"row\, a. [Compar. {Narrower}; superl. {Narrowest}.]
   [OE. narwe, naru, AS. nearu; akin to OS. naru, naro.]
   1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little
      distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow
      street; a narrow hem.

            Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

            The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a
            narrow compass in the world.          --Bp. Wilkins.

   3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient
      space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special
      reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot;
      a narrow escape; a narrow majority. --Dryden.

   4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow
      circumstances.

   5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a
      narrow mind; narrow views. ``A narrow understanding.''
      --Macaulay.

   6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

            A very narrow and stinted charity.    --Smalridge.

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

            But first with narrow search I must walk round This
            garden, and no corner leave unspied.  --Milton.

   8. (Phon.) 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; as [=e] ([=e]ve) and [=oo]
      (f[=oo]d), etc., from [i^] ([i^]ll) and [oo^] (f[oo^]t),
      etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 13.

   Note: Narrow is not unfrequently prefixed to words,
         especially to participles and adjectives, forming
         compounds of obvious signification; as,
         narrow-bordered, narrow-brimmed, narrow-breasted,
         narrow-edged, narrow-faced, narrow-headed,
         narrow-leaved, narrow-pointed, narrow-souled,
         narrow-sphered, etc.

   {Narrow gauge}. (Railroad) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 6.

Narrow \Nar"row\, v. i.
   1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as,
      the sea narrows into a strait.

   2. (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the
      other; as, a horse narrows. --Farrier's Dict.

   3. (Knitting) To contract the size of a stocking or other
      knit article, by taking two stitches into one.

Narrow \Nar"row\, n.; pl. {Narrows}.
   A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake,
   or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually
   in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.

         Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous
         narrow.                                  --Gladstone.

Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Narrowed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Narrowing}.] [AS. nearwian.]
   1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a
      smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. --Sir
      W. Temple.

   2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal
      or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to
      narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in
      discussion.

            Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine
            ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I.
                                                  Watts.

   3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by
      taking two stitches into one.

Source : WordNet®

narrow
     adj 1: not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
            [ant: {wide}]
     2: limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"
     3: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a
        brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"
        [syn: {narrow-minded}] [ant: {broad-minded}]
     4: very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow
        escape" [ant: {wide}]
     5: characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
        "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny";
        "an exact and minute report" [syn: {minute}]

narrow
     v 1: make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was
          narrowed"; "The road narrowed" [syn: {contract}] [ant: {widen}]
     2: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this
        game" [syn: {pin down}, {peg down}, {nail down}, {narrow
        down}, {specify}]
     3: become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers" [syn:
        {specialize}, {specialise}, {narrow down}] [ant: {diversify},
         {diversify}]
     4: become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted" [syn:
        {constrict}, {constringe}]

narrow
     n : a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water