English-Estonian translations for narrow

  • kitsasMe oleme näinud, et selline kitsas perspektiiv ei toimi.We have seen that such a narrow perspective does not work. SKP mõõdupuu ei tööta selles konkreetses valdkonnas kuigi hästi, kuna see on liiga kitsas. The GDP yardstick does not work as well in this particular area because it is too narrow. Samas tundub, et sellises kitsas valdkonnas nagu mobiiltelefonide laadijad pole piisavalt ära tehtud. It appears, however, that for a fairly narrow field such as mobile phone chargers, enough has not been done.

Definition of narrow

  • Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth
  • Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
  • Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude
  • Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
  • Having a small margin or degree
  • Limited as to means; straitened
  • Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish
  • Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact
  • Formed by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide
  • A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water
  • To reduce in width or extent; to contract
  • To get narrower
  • To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look
  • To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one

Examples

  • a narrow hallway
  • a narrow interpretation
  • a narrow mind
  • narrow views
  • a narrow escape
  • The Republicans won by a narrow majority
  • narrow circumstances
  • the Narrows of New York harbor
  • We need to narrow the search.
  • The road narrows.
  • He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.
  • She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.
  • to narrow an int variable to a short variable

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