narrow : Idioms & Phrases

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eastern narrow-mouthed toad

  • noun small toad of southeastern United States
    Gastrophryne carolinensis.
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narrow beech fern

  • noun beech fern of North America and Eurasia
    Dryopteris phegopteris; Phegopteris connectilis; long beech fern; Thelypteris phegopteris; northern beech fern.
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narrow boat

  • noun a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
    canal boat; narrowboat.
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narrow down

  • verb define clearly
    nail down; pin down; narrow; specify; peg down.
    • I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
  • verb become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
    specialise; specialize; narrow.
    • She specializes in Near Eastern history
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narrow escape

  • noun something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
    squeak; close shave; close call; squeaker.
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Narrow gauge

  • noun a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches
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  • . (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n., 6.
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narrow goldenrod

  • noun western American goldenrod with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers
    Solidago spathulata.
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narrow margin

  • noun a small margin
    narrowness; slimness.
    • the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
    • the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote
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narrow wale

  • noun corduroy with narrow ribs
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narrow-bodied

  • adjective satellite having a relatively narrow body
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narrow-body

  • noun a commercial airliner with a single aisle
    narrowbody aircraft; narrow-body.
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narrow-body aircraft

  • noun a commercial airliner with a single aisle
    narrowbody aircraft; narrow-body.
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narrow-leaf cattail

  • noun reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
    soft flag; Typha angustifolia; narrow-leaf cattail; lesser bullrush.
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narrow-leaf penstemon

  • noun plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona
    Penstemon linarioides.
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narrow-leaved bottletree

  • noun large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia
    Brachychiton rupestris; Queensland bottletree; Sterculia rupestris.
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narrow-leaved everlasting pea

  • noun European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
    Lathyrus sylvestris; flat pea.
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narrow-leaved flame flower

  • noun similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
    Talinum augustissimum.
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narrow-leaved plantain

  • noun an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
    English plantain; ribwort; ripple-grass; buckthorn; Plantago lanceolata; ribgrass.
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narrow-leaved reedmace

  • noun reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
    soft flag; Typha angustifolia; narrow-leaf cattail; lesser bullrush.
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narrow-leaved spleenwort

  • noun North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
    Diplazium pycnocarpon; silvery spleenwort; Athyrium pycnocarpon; glade fern.
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narrow-leaved strap fern

  • noun fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina
    Central American strap fern; Campyloneurum augustifolium.
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narrow-leaved water plantain

  • noun a variety of water plantain
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narrow-leaved white-topped aster

  • noun a variety of white-topped aster
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narrow-minded

  • adjective capable of being shocked
    shockable.
  • adjective lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
    narrow.
    • a brilliant but narrow-minded judge
    • narrow opinions
  • adjective satellite rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines
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Nar"row-mind`ed adjective
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  1. Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
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narrow-mindedly

  • adverb in a narrow-minded manner
    small-mindedly.
    • narrow-mindedly, the authorities closed down the cafe where teenagers used to hang out
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narrow-mindedness

  • noun an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
    narrowness.
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narrow-mouthed

  • adjective satellite having a narrow mouth
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straight and narrow

  • noun the way of proper and honest behavior
    straight and narrow.
    • he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow
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strait and narrow

  • noun the way of proper and honest behavior
    straight and narrow.
    • he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow
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tacoma narrows bridge

  • noun a suspension bridge across Puget Sound at Tacoma
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verrazano narrows

  • noun a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn
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verrazano-narrows bridge

  • noun a suspension bridge across the Verrazano Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island
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western narrow-mouthed toad

  • noun small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America
    Gastrophryne olivacea.
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