Tight vs. Narrow
Tightadjective
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
Tightadjective
Unyielding or firm
Tightadjective
Under high tension.
Tightadjective
(colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
Tightadjective
Intimately friendly.
Tightadjective
Miserly or frugal.
Tightadjective
(of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
Tightadjective
Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
Tightadjective
Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
Tightadjective
Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
Tightadjective
Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
Tightadjective
(sport) Not conceding many goals.
Tightadjective
(slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
Tightadjective
(slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
Tightadjective
Mean; unfair; unkind.
Tightadjective
(obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Tightadjective
(obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
Tightadjective
(poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands. en
Tightadjective
(poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands. en
Tightadverb
Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
Tightadverb
Soundly.
Tightverb
(obsolete) To tighten.
Tight
p. p. of Tie.
Tightadjective
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
Tightadjective
Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; - often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
Tightadjective
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
Tightadjective
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Tightadjective
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
Tightadjective
Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; - applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
Tightadjective
Handy; adroit; brisk.
Tightadjective
Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
Tightadjective
Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; - said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
Tightverb
To tighten.
Tightadjective
closely constrained or constricted or constricting;
Tightadjective
pulled or drawn tight;
Tightadjective
set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration;
Tightadjective
pressed tightly together;
Tightadjective
used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity;
Tightadjective
affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow;
Tightadjective
of such close construction as to be impermeable;
Tightadjective
of textiles;
Tightadjective
securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid;
Tightadjective
(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched;
Tightadjective
very drunk
Tightadjective
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent;
Tightadjective
demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
Tightadjective
packed closely together;
Tightadverb
firmly or tightly;
Tightadverb
in an attentive manner;
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;
