Broad vs. Narrow
Broadadjective
Wide in extent or scope.
Broadadjective
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Broadadjective
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
Broadadjective
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Broadadjective
Plain; evident.
Broadadjective
(writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
Broadadjective
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Broadadjective
(dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
Broadadjective
(of an accent) Strongly regional.
Broadadjective
(Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
Broadnoun
(dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Broadnoun
A woman or girl.
Broadnoun
(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
Broadnoun
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Broadnoun
A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
Broadadjective
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; - opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Broadadjective
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Broadadjective
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Broadadjective
Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; - applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
Broadadjective
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Broadadjective
Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
Broadadjective
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Broadadjective
Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Broadadjective
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
Broadadjective
Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
Broadnoun
The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
Broadnoun
The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
Broadnoun
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Broadnoun
A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; - usually considered offensive.
Broadnoun
slang term for a woman;
Broadadjective
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;
Broadadjective
broad in scope or content;
Broadadjective
not detailed or specific;
Broadadjective
lacking subtlety; obvious;
Broadadjective
being at a peak or culminating point;
Broadadjective
very large in expanse or scope;
Broadadjective
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;
Broadadjective
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
Narrowadjective
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Narrowadjective
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
Narrowadjective
(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
Narrowadjective
Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
Narrowadjective
Having a small margin or degree.
Narrowadjective
(dated) Limited as to means; straitened
Narrowadjective
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Narrowadjective
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
Narrowadjective
(phonetics) 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.
Narrownoun
A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
Narrowverb
(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
Narrowverb
(intransitive) To get narrower.
Narrowverb
(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
Narrowverb
(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
Narrowverb
To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
Narrowadjective
Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
Narrowadjective
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
Narrowadjective
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.
Narrowadjective
Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
Narrowadjective
Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
Narrowadjective
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Narrowadjective
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
Narrowadjective
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 ē (ēve) and Ō (fŌd), etc., from ĭ (ĭll) and Ŏ (fŎt), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13.
Narrownoun
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.
Narrowverb
To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
Narrowverb
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.
Narrowverb
To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
Narrowverb
To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
Narrowverb
Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
Narrowverb
To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
Narrownoun
a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
Narrowverb
make or become more narrow or restricted;
Narrowverb
define clearly;
Narrowverb
become more special;
Narrowverb
become tight or as if tight;
Narrowadjective
not wide;
Narrowadjective
limited in size or scope;
Narrowadjective
lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view;
Narrowadjective
very limited in degree;
Narrowadjective
characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
