Narrow
noun — Plural: Narrows
- 1.
- (a narrow part of a strait) កន្លែងចង្ចៀត, narrow mouthed មាត់តូច (ដប)
- 2.
- កន្លែងចង្អៀត
adjective — comparative: narrower ; superative narrowest
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) តូចចង្អៀត
- 2.
- (of little breadth) ដែលតូច, ដែលចង្អៀត (ប្រាជ្ញាខ្លី), ដែលមានច្រាំចោទ (ទន្លេ), ដែលចង្អៀត (ផ្លូវ), ដែលមិនទូលាយ, មានព្រំដែន (ប្រាជ្ញាអាប់) narrow road ដែលតូច, narrow alley ដែលចង្អៀត, narrow stick ដែលរៀវ, narrow mind ដែលសុញ, ដែលរាក់កំផែល, ដែលមិនឃើញវែងឆ្ងាយ, narrow escape ដែលប្រផុត, by narrow margin យ៉ាងប៉ផិតប៉ផុត, a narrow escape ដែលរួចមកយ៉ាងប៉ផិតប៉ផុត, narrow fortune ដែលមានប្រាក់កំណត់ the narrow home នៃរណ្ដៅសព, narrow breasted នៃទ្រូងតូច, នៃទ្រូងចង្អៀត, narrow heated នៃចិត្ដចង្អៀត, ដែលកំណាញ់
Example: The passageway at the end of the cave was too narrow for me to squeeze through.
verb — past tense: narrowed ; past participle: narrowed ; present participle: narrowing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to make narrow) ចង្អៀត, ធ្វើអោយតូចឬរៀវឡើង
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (To become narrow) ទៅជាតូច ឬរៀវឡើង
Example: A narrow road, In the narrow sense of the word, Narrowminded, Narrow powers, majority, By a narrow margin, Narrowly into it, Narrowly confined. - 3.
- ធ្វើអោយតូច ឬរៀវឡើង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Narrows
- 1.
- 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.
adjective — comparative: narrower ; superative narrowest
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
- 3.
- Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
- 4.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- 5.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- 6.
- 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 (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc.
verb — past tense: narrowed ; past participle: narrowed ; present participle: narrowing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
- 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.
- 2.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- 1.
- close, confined, cramped, merger, slender, slim, spare, tight
- 2.
- bigoted, dogmatic, fanatical, illiberal, intolerant, narrow, minded, opinionated, parochial, prejudiced
- 1.
- liberal, progressive, radical, tolerant