Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
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.
Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
vs. broad spectrum pesticide - narrow spectrum pesticides act on a single species or a limited range of species while broad spectrum pesticides are toxic to a wide range of organisms.
limited in size or scope; "the narrow sense of a word"
lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"
very limited in degree; "won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape"
To alter a search in order to retrieve fewer hits. The use of the Boolean Operator "and" narrows a search. This is also known as "limiting" or "refining" a search.