Narrow vs. Slim

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

Example: ‘a narrow interpretation’;

Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

Example: ‘a narrow mind’; ‘narrow views’;

Having a small margin or degree.

Example: ‘a narrow escape’; ‘The Republicans won by a narrow majority.’;

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

(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.

A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.

Example: ‘the Narrows of New York harbor’;

(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

Example: ‘We need to narrow the search.’;

(intransitive) To get narrower.

Example: ‘The road narrows.’;

(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.

Example: ‘He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.’; ‘She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.’;

(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

Example: ‘to narrow an int variable to a short variable’;

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

Example: ‘Hath passed in safety through the narrow seas.’;

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

Example: ‘The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world.’;

Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Example: ‘A very narrow and stinted charity.’;

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

Example: ‘But first with narrow search I must walk roundThis garden, and no corner leave unspied.’;

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.

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.

Example: ‘Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerousnarrow.’;

To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.

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.

Example: ‘Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings.’;

To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.

Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.

To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.

a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

make or become more narrow or restricted;

Example: ‘The selection was narrowed’; ‘The road narrowed’;

define clearly;

Example: ‘I cannot narrow down the rules for this game’;

become more special;

Example: ‘We specialize in dried flowers’;

become tight or as if tight;

Example: ‘Her throat constricted’;

not wide;

Example: ‘a narrow bridge’; ‘a narrow line across the page’;

limited in size or scope;

Example: ‘the narrow sense of a word’;

lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view;

Example: ‘a brilliant but narrow-minded judge’; ‘narrow opinions’;

very limited in degree;

Example: ‘won by a narrow margin’; ‘a narrow escape’;

characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;

Example: ‘a minute inspection of the grounds’; ‘a narrow scrutiny’; ‘an exact and minute report’;

Slender, thin.

(of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.

Example: ‘Movie stars are usually slim, attractive, and young.’;

Designed to make the wearer appear slim.

(of an object) Long and narrow.

(of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.

(of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.

Example: ‘I'm afraid your chances are quite slim.’;

Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.

Sly, crafty.

A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.

Example: ‘I only smoke slims.’;

AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.

Cocaine.

(intransitive) To lose weight in order to achieve slimness.

(transitive) To make slimmer; to reduce in size.

Worthless; bad.

Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.

Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.

being of delicate or slender build;

Example: ‘she was slender as a willow shoot is slender’; ‘a slim girl with straight blonde hair’; ‘watched her slight figure cross the street’;

(of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender

Example: ‘her slim figure’; ‘the girls were tall and slim’;

(of a thing) small in width and typically long and narrow in shape

Example: ‘a slim gold band encircled her wrist’;

(of a garment) cut on slender lines; designed to make the wearer appear slim

Example: ‘a pair of slim, immaculately cut trousers’;

(of a business or other organization) reduced to a smaller size in the hope that it will become more efficient

Example: ‘companies will extract all possible productivity gains from their slimmer workforces before adding people’;

(of something abstract, especially a chance or margin) very small

Example: ‘there was just a slim chance of success’; ‘a slim majority of sixteen’;

crafty, sly, or unscrupulous.

make oneself thinner, especially by dieting

Example: ‘if he's overweight, he should slim’;

make (a person or part of the body) thinner, especially by dieting

Example: ‘how can I slim down my hips?’;

reduce (a business or other organization) to a smaller size in the hope of making it more efficient

Example: ‘restructuring and slimming down the organization’;

a course or period of slimming

Example: ‘a sponsored slim’;

a term used in parts of Africa to refer to AIDS.