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1 narrow
1. adjective2) (limited) eng; begrenzt, schmal [Auswahl]3) (with little margin) knapp [Sieg, Führung, Mehrheit]have a narrow escape — mit knapper Not entkommen ( from Dat.)
5) (restricted) eng [Grenzen, Toleranzen]; klein, begrenzt [Freundeskreis]2. intransitive verbsich verschmälern; [Augen, Tal:] sich verengen; (fig.) [zusammen]schrumpfenthe road narrows to one lane — die Straße wird einspurig
3. transitive verb‘road narrows’ — "Fahrbahnverengung"
verschmälern; (fig.) einengen; enger fassen [Definition]Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/89376/narrow_down">narrow down* * *['nærəu] 1. adjective1) (having or being only a small distance from side to side: a narrow road; The bridge is too narrow for large lorries to cross.) schmal2) (only just managed: a narrow escape.) knapp2. verb(to make or become narrow: The road suddenly narrowed.) schmäler werden. machen- narrowly- narrows
- narrow-minded* * *nar·row[ˈnærəʊ, AM ˈneroʊ]I. adj<-er, -est or more \narrow, most \narrow>1. (thin) eng, schmala \narrow bridge eine schmale Brückea \narrow passageway ein enger Durchganga \narrow slit ein schmaler Schlitzto have a \narrow mind engstirnig sein, einen beschränkten geistigen Horizont haben\narrow market umsatzschwacher Markt\narrow thought engstirniges Denken3. (small) eng, knappprices today stayed within a \narrow range es gab heute nur geringfügige Preisabweichungento win an election by a \narrow margin eine Wahl mit einem knappen Vorsprung gewinnenthe road \narrows here hier verengt sich die StraßeIII. vthe \narrowed his eyes in suspicion er kniff argwöhnisch die Augen zusammento \narrow the focus of an investigation die Ermittlungen konzentrieren* * *['nrəʊ]1. adj (+er)1) eng; road, path, passage, valley eng, schmal; shoulders, hips schmalto become narrow — eng werden; (road etc) sich verengen
2) (fig) person, attitudes, ideas, views engstirnig, beschränkt; sense, meaning, interpretation eng; existence beschränkt; band, margin schmal, eng; range eng, begrenzt; majority, victory, defeat, lead knapp; scrutiny peinlich genauto have a narrow escape — mit knapper Not davonkommen, gerade noch einmal davonkommen
that was a narrow escape (inf) — das war knapp, das wäre beinahe ins Auge gegangen (inf)
2. n plenge Stelle3. vtroad etc enger machen, verengen; (= reduce) gap verkleinernto narrow the field (fig) — die Auswahl reduzieren (to auf +acc )
they decided to narrow the focus of their investigation — sie beschlossen, ihre Untersuchung einzuengen
4. vienger werden, sich verengen; (difference, majority) geringer werden, sich verringern* * *narrow [ˈnærəʊ]1. eng, schmal:from a narrow angle SPORT aus spitzem Winkel;the narrow bed obs oder poet das Grab;within narrow bounds in engen Grenzen;in the narrowest sense im engsten Sinne3. zusammengekniffen (Augen)4. fig eingeschränkt, beschränkt6. knapp, dürftig, kärglich (Einkommen etc)7. knapp (Mehrheit, Sieg etc):win by a narrow majority knapp gewinnen;by a narrow margin knapp, mit knappem Vorsprung;they won narrowly but deservedly sie gewannen knapp, aber verdient; → escape C 1, shave C 1, squeak C 3, squeeze C 108. gründlich, eingehend, (peinlich) genau (Nachforschungen etc)B v/i2. knapp(er) werden, zusammenschrumpfen (to auf akk)3. fig sich annähern:C v/t1. enger oder schmäler machen, verenge(r)n, die Augen zusammenkneifen, SPORT den (Schuss)Winkel verkürzen:2. ein-, beengena) be-, einschränken ( beide:to auf akk),b) fig eingrenzen, einkreisen4. verringern, vermindern5. Maschen abnehmen6. engstirnig machenD s2. meist pla) (Meer)Enge fb) besonders US Engpass m* * *1. adjective1) schmal; schmal geschnitten [Rock, Hose, Ärmel usw.]; eng [Tal, Gasse]2) (limited) eng; begrenzt, schmal [Auswahl]3) (with little margin) knapp [Sieg, Führung, Mehrheit]5) (restricted) eng [Grenzen, Toleranzen]; klein, begrenzt [Freundeskreis]2. intransitive verbsich verschmälern; [Augen, Tal:] sich verengen; (fig.) [zusammen]schrumpfen3. transitive verb‘road narrows’ — "Fahrbahnverengung"
verschmälern; (fig.) einengen; enger fassen [Definition]Phrasal Verbs:* * *adj.begrenzt adj.eng adj.knapp adj.schmal adj. v.beschränken v.einengen v.sich verengen v.
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