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  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.
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           Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous
           narrow.                                  --Gladstone.
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  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.
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     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.
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              Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine
              ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I.
                                                    Watts.
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     3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by
        taking two stitches into one.
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  Narrow \Nar"row\ (n[a^]r"r[-o]), a. [Compar. Narrower
     (n[a^]r"r[-o]*[~e]r); 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.
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              Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
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              The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a
              narrow compass in the world.          --Bp. Wilkins.
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     3. Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient
        space, time, or number, etc.; close; near[5]; -- with
        special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a
        narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow miss; a narrow
        majority. --Dryden.
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     4. Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow
        circumstances.
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     5. Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a
        narrow mind; narrow views. ``A narrow understanding.''
        --Macaulay.
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     6. Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
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              A very narrow and stinted charity.    --Smalridge.
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     7. Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
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              But first with narrow search I must walk round
              This garden, and no corner leave unspied. --Milton.
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     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.
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     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.
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     Narrow gauge. (Railroad) See Note under Gauge, n., 6.
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  Narrow \Nar"row\, v. i.
     1. To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as,
        the sea narrows into a strait.
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     2. (Man.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the
        other; as, a horse narrows. --Farrier's Dict.
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     3. (Knitting) To contract the size of a stocking or other
        knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
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  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.

  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]
       n : a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
       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
     Αγγλικά a.
     στενός, με μικρό πλάτος
     Αγγλικά vb.
     στενεύω

  narrow
     a.
     Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that
  are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a
  contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two
  bodies of water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To get narrower.
     3 (lb en of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a
  way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating
  look.
     4 (lb en knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking
  two stitches into one.
     5 (lb en transitive programming) To convert to a data type that
  cannot hold as many distinct values.

  narrow
     a.
     Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that
  are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a
  contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two
  bodies of water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To get narrower.
     3 (lb en of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a
  way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating
  look.
     4 (lb en knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking
  two stitches into one.
     5 (lb en transitive programming) To convert to a data type that
  cannot hold as many distinct values.

  narrow
     a.
     Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that
  are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a
  contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two
  bodies of water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To get narrower.
     3 (lb en of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a
  way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating
  look.
     4 (lb en knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking
  two stitches into one.
     5 (lb en transitive programming) To convert to a data type that
  cannot hold as many distinct values.

  narrow
     a.
     Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that
  are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a
  contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two
  bodies of water.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To get narrower.
     3 (lb en of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a
  way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating
  look.
     4 (lb en knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking
  two stitches into one.
     5 (lb en transitive programming) To convert to a data type that
  cannot hold as many distinct values.

  narrow
     Englanti a.
     kapea
     Englanti vb.
     kaventaa

  narrow
     Engelska a.
     smal, trång; av liten bredd
     Engelska vb.
     1 göra trång
     2 minska

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  bekrompe

  Narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  ضيّق

  narrow //ˈnæɹoʊ// //ˈnæɹəʊ// //ˈnɛɹoʊ// 
  1. те́сен
  having small width
  2. ограничен
  of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
  3. подробен, щателен
  scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact

  narrow //ˈnæɹoʊ// //ˈnæɹəʊ// //ˈnɛɹoʊ// 
  1. стеснявам се
  to get narrower
  2. стеснявам
  to reduce in width or extent

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  těsný

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  zužovat

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  zúžit

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  úžit se

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  úzký

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  omezený

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  culhau 

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  meinhau 

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  cul 

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  Engstelle , Verengung 
     Synonym: throat
  
   see: narrows, throats
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  Maschen abnehmen/fallen lassen
     Synonym: cast off
  
   see: knitting stitch, stitch, loop, knitting stitches, stitches, loops, knit stitch, plain stitch, purl stich, dropped stitch, unravel stitches
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  beschränkt, engstirnig 
   see: narrower, narrowest
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  einengen, beschränken 
   see: narrowing, narrowed, narrows, narrowed
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  eng, knapp, schmal, begrenzt 
        "by a narrow margin"  - knapp
        "a narrow passageway"  - ein enger Durchgang
        "a narrow slit"  - ein schmaler Schlitz, ein enger Spalt
   see: narrower, narrowest
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  enge Stelle , Einschnürung 

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  enger machen, verengen 
   see: narrowing, narrowed, narrows, narrowed
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  enger werden , einengen, sich verengen
        "The road narrows behind the bend."  - Hinter der Kurve verengt sich die Straße.
   see: narrowing, narrowed, narrows, narrowed
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  geringer werden , sich verringern 
   see: narrowing, narrowed
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  verkleinern 
   see: narrowing, narrowed
  

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  
  στενός

  narrow //ˈnæɹoʊ// //ˈnæɹəʊ// //ˈnɛɹoʊ// 
  1. ahdas, kapeakatseinen
  contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted.
  2. niukka, täpärä
  having a small margin or degree
  3. kapea
  having small width
  4. niukka, puutteellinen
  limited as to means; straitened; pinching
  5. ahdas, kapea, kapea-alainen, rajoittunut
  of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
  6. pihi
  parsimonious; niggardly
  7. suppea
  phonetics: formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate
  8. ahdas
  restrictive; without flexibility or latitude
  9. tarkka
  scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact

  narrow //ˈnæɹoʊ// //ˈnæɹəʊ// //ˈnɛɹoʊ// 
  1. kaventua
  to get narrower
  2. kaventaa
  to reduce in width or extent

  narrow /nærou/
  étroit

  narrow /nærou/
  caol

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  1. संकीर्ण
        "The streets in my village are very narrow."

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  1. परिमित~या~तंग~करना
        "Please narrow the distance between two vehicles!"

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  ograničavati se, ograničen, podroban, potanki, skučen, stisnuti, strog, suziti, sužavati, sužavati se, težak, tijesan, uskim, uskom, uzak, uzan

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  1. keskeny
  2. figyelmes
  3. szûk
  4. csekély
  5. szûk látókörû
  6. korlátozott
  7. elfogult
  8. alapos
  9. kicsinyes
  10. pontos
  11. korlátolt

  narrow //ˈnæɹoʊ// //ˈnæɹəʊ// //ˈnɛɹoʊ// 
  sempit
  having small width

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  stretto

  narrow //ˈnæɹoʊ// //ˈnæɹəʊ// //ˈnɛɹoʊ// 
  狭い
  having small width

  narrow /nærou/
  angustus, artus

  narrow /nærou/
  1. siauras, ankštas, ribotas
  2. siaurėti, siaurinti, mažinti

  narrow /nærou/
  bekrompen, eng, krap, nauw, smal

  narrow /ˈnærəʊ/
  I.   1.  wąski
   2.  [pogląd]  ciasny, ograniczony
   3.  [większość]  nieznaczny
  II.   1.  [np. o przejściu]  zwężać się, zwężać
   2.  [o różnicy]  zmniejszać się
   3.  [oczy]  przymykać, przymrużać
   4.  a narrow victory (:a :narrow :victory)
   - nieznaczne zwycięstwo
   5.  a narrow defeat (:a :narrow :defeat)
   - nieznaczna przegrana
   6.  narrow escape (:narrow :escape)
   - prawie niemożliwe wyjście z sytuacji
  III.  narrow down /nˈaɹəʊ dˈaʊn/   zawężać

  narrow /nærou/  
  1. estreito
  2. estreitar

  narrow /nærou/
  estrecho

  narrow //ˈnæɹoʊ// //ˈnæɹəʊ// //ˈnɛɹoʊ// 
  smal, trång, långsmal
  having small width

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/ 
  
  embamba

  narrow /nˈaɹəʊ/
  1. dar, ensiz
  2. sınırlı
  3. dar düşünceli, dar fikirli
  4. darlık içinde
  5. cüzi, az
  6. sıkı, dikkatli
  7. (İng.), (leh.) hasis, tamahkar, cimri
  8. dar geçit, (çoğ.) dar boğaz
  9. daraltmak, eninden almak
  10. sınırlamak
  11. kısmak
  12. daralmak, çekmek, ensizleşmek. narrow circumstances fakirlik, parasızlık, darlık. nar row escape darı darına kurtulma, ucuz kurtulma. narrow gage (gauge) ray aralığı 141 cm. olan demiryolu
  13. dekovil. by a narrow majority az bir çoğunlukla. the Narrows Çanakkale boğazının en dar kısmı. narrowly  dar, güçbelâ, darı darına.

  
/ˈnæɹoʊ/, /ˈnɛɹoʊ/

  405 Moby Thesaurus words for "narrow":
     Lenten, Quakerish, Spartan, Victorian, abate, abbreviate,
     abstemious, accented, accurate, adjust to, alter, alveolar,
     angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal,
     apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, ascetic,
     assimilated, assuage, attentive, attenuated, austere,
     authoritarian, back, badly off, barytone, be into, be strong in,
     bigot, bigoted, bilabial, borne, bound, bounded, box, box in,
     box up, broad, cacuminal, careful, censorious, central, cerebral,
     channel, checked, chinchy, circumscribe, circumscribed, close,
     close-fitting, closed, coarct, compact, compress, concentrate,
     condense, condition, conditioned, confine, confined, confining,
     conscientious, consolidate, consonant, consonantal, constrict,
     constricted, constringe, contain, continuant, contract, copyright,
     copyrighted, correct, cramp, cramped, creedbound, critical,
     crowded, curtail, deaf, deaf to reason, decrease, delicate,
     demanding, demure, denotative, dental, detailed, determinate,
     diminish, discipline, disciplined, dissimilated, distill,
     distressed, dorsal, down to bedrock, draw, draw in, draw the line,
     draw together, dwarfed, dwarfish, embarrassed, ethnocentric, exact,
     exacting, exceptional, excluding, exclusive, exclusory, exigent,
     exiguous, exquisite, fanatical, feature, feeling the pinch, fine,
     finical, finicking, finicky, finite, fixed, flat, focus, follow,
     front, frugal, fussy, glide, glossal, glottal, go in, go in for,
     guttural, hairbreadth, hard, hard up, heavy, hedge, hedge about,
     hem, hem in, hidebound, high, ill off, illiberal, impecunious,
     impoverished, in Queer Street, in narrow circumstances,
     in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances,
     inadmissible, incapacious, incommodious, ineffectual, inexorable,
     inflexible, insular, intolerant, intonated, isthmian, isthmic,
     jejune, keep from spreading, keep within bounds, knit, labial,
     labiodental, labiovelar, land-poor, lateral, lax, lean, leaven,
     lessen, light, limit, limited, lingual, liquid, little,
     little-minded, localize, low, lucky, major in, meager, mean,
     mean-minded, mean-spirited, mercenary, meticulous, mid,
     mid-Victorian, mingy, minor in, minute, miserly, mitigate,
     moderate, moderated, modify, modulate, monophthongal, muted,
     narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited,
     narrowed, narrowing, narrows, nasal, nasalized, near, nearsighted,
     nice, niggard, niggardly, obdurate, occlusive, old-maidish,
     on the edge, open, out of pocket, overmodest, oversimplify,
     oxytone, palatal, palatalized, palliate, paltry, parochial,
     parsimonious, particular, passage, patent, patented, petty,
     pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pinched,
     pitch, pitched, poor, poorly off, posttonic, precise,
     precisianistic, precisionistic, preclusive, prescribed,
     prescriptive, preventive, priggish, prim, prohibitive, proscribed,
     provincial, prudish, pucker, pucker up, punctilious, punctual,
     puny, purblind, purify, puritanical, purse, pursue, qualified,
     qualify, reduce, reduce to elements, reduced, refine, refined,
     register, regulate by, religious, restrain, restrict, restricted,
     restrictive, retroflex, rigid, rigorous, rounded, sanctimonious,
     scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, scrupulous, scrutinizing,
     searching, season, seclusive, segregative, select, selective,
     semivowel, separative, set, set conditions, set limits, sharp,
     short, short of cash, short of funds, shorten, shortsighted,
     simplify, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, small,
     small-minded, smug, snape, snobbish, soft, soften, solidify,
     sonant, spare, sparing, specialize, specialize in, squeezed,
     starvation, stiff-necked, stingy, stint, stinted, stopped, strait,
     straiten, straitened, straitlaced, straits, strangle, strangulate,
     strapped, streamline, stressed, strict, strip down, strong, stuffy,
     stunted, subsistence, subtle, surd, syllabic, taper, tapering,
     temper, tense, thick, thin, throaty, tight, tight-fisted, tighten,
     tonal, tonic, twangy, unaccented, uncatholic, uncharitable,
     ungenerous, unliberal, unmoneyed, unnourishing, unnutritious,
     unprosperous, unrounded, unstressed, velar, vocalic, vocoid,
     voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, watered, watery, weak, wide,
     wrinkle, xenophobic
  
  

  n. 狭窄部份,海峡,隘路;
  a. 狭窄的,精密的,有限的;
  v. 变窄,使...狭窄;

     n. 狭窄部分,海峡,隘路
     a. 狭窄的,精密的,有限的,勉强的,眼光短浅的