INDEX:
1. not wide
2. to become narrower
RELATED WORDS
opposite
↑ WIDE
see also
↑ THIN
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1. not wide
▷ narrow /ˈnærəʊ/ [adjective]
a narrow road, river, bed, space etc is not wide when measured from one side to the other :
▪ A steep, narrow path led down through the woods to the beach.
▪ She climbed through a narrow gap in the fence.
▪ The road was too narrow for me to overtake the car in front.
▪ Nordic skis are longer, narrower and lighter than Alpine skis.
2. to become narrower
▷ get narrower also narrow /get ˈnærəʊəʳ, ˈnærəʊ/ [verb phrase]
if something such as a road, river, path, or passage gets narrower or narrows, it becomes narrow :
▪ At that point the path got narrower and more overgrown with weeds.
▪ The streets were getting narrower, the houses taller as we approached the oldest part of the town.
get narrower to
▪ Having narrowed to about 50 feet in the canyon, the river was now moving with speed and fury.
narrow from something to something
▪ Up ahead the road was narrowing from three lanes to two.
▷ taper /ˈteɪpəʳ/ [intransitive verb]
if something tapers, it is narrower at one end than the other :
taper to
▪ In the north the island is six miles across, but it tapers to two in the south.
taper to a point
▪ The leaves are bright green and taper to a point at the tip.
▪ The girl’s forehead was broad, tapering to a delicate chin.
tapering [adjective only before noun]
▪ She had beautiful hands with long tapering fingers.
tapered [adjective]
▪ The columns supporting the arch are tapered and beautifully carved.