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narrow
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?næ???/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?næ?o?/, /?n??o?/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
- Rhymes: -ær??
Etymology 1
From Middle English narow, narowe, narewe, narwe, naru, from Old English nearu (“narrow, strait, confined, constricted, not spacious, limited, petty; limited, poor, restricted; oppressive, causing anxiety (of that which restricts free action of body or mind), causing or accompanied by difficulty, hardship, oppressive; oppressed, not having free action; strict, severe”), from Proto-Germanic *narwaz (“constricted, narrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to turn, bend, twist, constrict”). Cognate with Scots naro, narow, narrow (“narrow”), North Frisian naar, noar, noor (“narrow”), Saterland Frisian noar (“bleak, dismal, meager, ghastly, unwell”), Saterland Frisian Naarwe (“scar”), West Frisian near (“narrow”), Dutch naar (“dismal, bleak, ill, sick”), Low German naar (“dismal, ghastly”), German Narbe (“scar”), Norwegian norve (“a clip, staple”), Icelandic njörva- (“narrow-”, in compounds).
Adjective
narrow (comparative narrower, superlative narrowest)
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion
- The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world.
- 1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (dated) Limited as to means; straitened
- narrow circumstances
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- a. 1719, George Smalridge, The Hopes of a Recompense from Men must not be our chief Aim in doing Good
- a very narrow […] and stinted charity
- a. 1719, George Smalridge, The Hopes of a Recompense from Men must not be our chief Aim in doing Good
- 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.
Antonyms
- wide
- broad
Related terms
- narrowly
- narrowness
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
narrow (plural narrows)
- (chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
- 1858', William Gladstone, Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age
- Near the island lay on one side the jaws of a dangerous narrow.
- 1858', William Gladstone, Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age
Etymology 2
From Middle English narwen (“to narrow”); see there for more details, but ultimately derived from the noun.
Verb
narrow (third-person singular simple present narrows, present participle narrowing, simple past and past participle narrowed)
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- Antonym: widen
Synonyms
- taper
Derived terms
- narrow down
- renarrow
Translations
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impermeable
English
Etymology
From French imperméable, from Latin imperme?bilis, from im- + perme?bilis (“permeable”).
Adjective
impermeable (comparative more impermeable, superlative most impermeable)
- Impossible to permeate.
- Not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof.
Synonyms
- sealed
Antonyms
- permeable
Related terms
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin imperme?bilis, equivalent to im- +? permeable.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.p??.me?a.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.p?r.me?a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.pe?.me?a.ble/
Adjective
impermeable (masculine and feminine plural impermeables)
- impermeable
- Antonym: permeable
Derived terms
- impermeabilitzar
Related terms
- impermeabilitat
Noun
impermeable m (plural impermeables)
- raincoat
Further reading
- “impermeable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “impermeable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “impermeable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “impermeable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “impermeable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Alternative forms
- impermeábel
Etymology
From Latin imperme?bilis, equivalent to im- +? permeable.
Adjective
impermeable m or f (plural impermeables)
- impermeable, waterproof
- Antonym: permeable
Noun
impermeable m (plural impermeables)
- raincoat
Derived terms
- impermeabilidade
- impermeabilizar
Further reading
- “impermeable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin imperme?bilis, equivalent to im- +? permeable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impe?me?able/, [?m.pe?.me?a.??le]
Adjective
impermeable (plural impermeables)
- impermeable, waterproof
- Antonym: permeable
Noun
impermeable m (plural impermeables)
- raincoat
Derived terms
- impermeabilidad
- impermeabilizar
Further reading
- “impermeable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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