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    [Adjective]  | "nar*row" | \ ˈner-(ˌ)ō \


    1: of slender width

    2: of less than standard or usual width

    3: woven in widths usually less than 18 inches (46 centimeters)

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English narowe, from Old English nearu; akin to Old High German narwa scar;

    [Adjective]  | "nar*row-mind*ed" | \ ˈner-(ˌ)ō-ˈmīn-dəd \


    1: not willing to accept opinions, beliefs, behaviors, etc. that are unusual or different from one's own : not open-minded

    Origin: 1611 ;

    [Verb]  | "narrow" 


    1: to decrease the breadth or extent of : contract —often used with down

    2: to decrease the scope or sphere of : limit —often used with down

    3: to lessen in width or extent : contract —often used with down

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     See: {narrow:1 };

    [Noun]  | "narrow" 


    1: a narrow part or passage; specifically : a strait connecting two bodies of water —usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction

    Origin: 13th century ;

     See: {narrow:1 };

    [Noun]  | "narrow boat" 


    1: a barge with a beam of less than seven feet (2.1 meters)

    Origin: 1836 ;

    [Noun]  | "straight and narrow" 


    1: the way of propriety and rectitude —used with the

    Origin: 1906 ;

     Probably alteration of strait and narrow; from the admonition of Matthew 7:14 (King James Version), "strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life";

    [Noun]  | "the straight and narrow" 


    1: the way of living that is honest and morally proper

    [Adjective]  | "narrow" 


    1: being of less than usual width;


      * e.g., " ... found a narrow opening in the fence that he was able to squeeze through "




    2: not broad or open in views or opinions;


      * e.g., " ... a narrow person who thought that anyone who even owned a television had been morally corrupted by society "




    3: having distinct or certain limits;


      * e.g., " ... a play about human suffering, but in a narrower sense, also about the modern struggles of the working-class poor "




    [Adjective]  | "narrow-minded" 


    1: unwilling to grant other people social rights or to accept other viewpoints;


      * e.g., " ... it took a while for some of the more narrow-minded members of management to be persuaded to modernize the dress code "




    2: not broad or open in views or opinions;


      * e.g., " ... narrow-minded people who instinctively feared and shunned those from different cultures "




    [Noun]  | "narrow" 


    1: as in bay, creek;


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    [Noun]  | "narrow-mindedness" 


    1: stubborn or intolerant adherence to one's opinions or prejudices;


      * e.g., " ... the narrow-mindedness of some people prevents them from seeing that not all changes are for the worse "




    [Noun]  | "narrow boat" 


    1: as in barge, keel;


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    [Noun]  | "narrow boats" 


    1: as in barges, keels;


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    [Verb]  | "narrow" 


    1: as in squeeze, tighten;



    [Verb]  | "narrow (down)" 


    1: to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together;


      * e.g., " ... plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal "




    [Phrase]  | "narrow escape" 


    1: a barely successful escape from something undesirable;


      * e.g., " ... The fallen hiker had a narrow escape from death when someone spotted him in need of help. "



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    [Phrase]  | "narrow escapes" 


    1: a barely successful escape from something undesirable;


      * e.g., " ... The fallen hiker had a narrow escape from death when someone spotted him in need of help. "



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     [ "narrow" ]

    1: When one of your close friends goes as far as calling your mother a two cent bulgarian cum guzziling whore. Also, if the attacker calling your mother such a name has damp hair or a finger nail previously cut you can reverse the verbal attack by saying, "Pleezygozzie"or "Shiggida-wiggada-the nose" either one of these will act as a complete reversal to the argument. A good finishing attack would be to say "you got served" or something similar. Also "You got sizzerved my nizzerved".

      * e.g.,  ... Chad: Your mama is one narrow biatch. 

     [ "narrowed" ]

    1: when ya like so stoned you can't see anything but a narrow vision line like a tiny tunnel. propz baked like

      * e.g.,  ... 'woaah look at this guy on the floor.. eeeez well narrowed' 

     [ "Narrow ass" ]

    1: An individual who lacks experience, maturity and/or or is deemed wanting. Especially children.

      * e.g.,  ... When the street lights come on you better get your narrow ass in the house! 

     [ "narrow urethra" ]

    1: A curse upon mankind. Only known victim of this curse so far is Hank Hill.

      * e.g.,  ... Hank's narrow urethra made him take a minute longer to take a piss, and his chances of impregnating someone is extremely low.  

     [ "straight but not narrow" ]

    1: An open-minded heterosexual.

      * e.g.,  ... It's cool to wear pins on your bags that say "Straight but not narrow", unless you aren't straight, in which case it would be much more appropiate to sport a rainbow pin, unless you think rainbows are ugly, which they are, because all those colors don't mesh together very well. 

     [ "straight and narrow" ]

    1: The path of moral integrity; following the rules. People who follow the straight and narrow typically abstain from activities such as hustlin, pimpin, and some gangsta shit.

      * e.g.,  ... Mobb Deep: "What's up fool? What you been doing?" 

     [ "Narrow Q" ]

    1: When you just kinda look and act like a rapist

      * e.g.,  ... That dude is a Narrow Q 

     [ "Narrow boating" ]

    1: The noble act of opening the lock to a frigid girl's tight canal before filling it, closing it behind you, and moving upstream to the next with your veiny windlass.

      * e.g.,  ... I've just returned from a narrow boating holiday in Ibiza. God my cock is sore from shagging ten virgins in one night! 

     [ "narrow mindedness" ]

    1:  To be unable to see all sides of the situation or idea.

      * e.g.,  ... Dan: Hey Nick, Canada's money is worth more than American. 

     [ "narrow mindedness" ]

    2:  To be naive and unable to accept true facts proven by greater men.

      * e.g.,  ... Nick: Nahhh, Nahh... you're wrong, Canada is monopoly money. 

     [ "shoulder narrows" ]

    1: The best friggin a capella group in the universe!

      * e.g.,  ... Your in Shoulder Narrows? You are so totally rugged! I wish you were my boyfriend! 

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