Wide vs. Narrow

Having a specified extent from side to side

Of small or limited width, especially in comparison with length.

Extending over a great distance from side to side; broad

Limited in area or scope; cramped.

Having great extent or range; including much or many

Lacking flexibility; rigid

Fully open or extended

Barely sufficient; close

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal

Painstakingly thorough or attentive; meticulous

(Baseball) Outside.

(Linguistics) Tense.

(Sports) Being toward or near one of the side boundaries of a playing area, such as a sideline on a football field.

To reduce in width or extent; make narrower.

Deviating or straying from something expected or specified

To limit or restrict

(Linguistics) Lax.

To become narrower; contract.

Over a great distance; extensively

A part of little width, as a pass through mountains.

To the full extent; completely.

A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water.

To the side of or at a distance from a given boundary, limit, or goal.

A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide.

(Sports) Toward or near one of the sides of a playing area

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

A ball bowled outside of the batsman's reach, counting as a run for the batting team in cricket.

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

Having a large physical extent from side to side.

(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

Large in scope.

Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

(sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.

Having a small margin or degree.

On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

(dated) Limited as to means; straitened

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Vast, great in extent, extensive.

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

(obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far.

(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.

(obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.

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

(computing) Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.

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

Antagonistic, provocative.

(intransitive) To get narrower.

Extensively

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

Completely

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

Away from or to one side of a given goal

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

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

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

(cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.

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.

Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.

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

Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.

Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.

Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

Remote; distant; far.

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.

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.

On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.

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.

Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; - opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of ē (ēve) is ĭ (ĭll); of ā (āte) is ĕ (ĕnd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, 13-15.

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

Having or showing a wide difference between the highest and lowest price, amount of supply, etc.; as, a wide opening; wide prices, where the prices bid and asked differ by several points.

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.

To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.

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

So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.

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

So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.

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

That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.

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

That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.

A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;

Make or become more narrow or restricted;

Broad in scope or content;

Define clearly;

(used of eyes) fully open or extended;

Become more special;

Very large in expanse or scope;

Become tight or as if tight;

Great in degree;

Not wide;

Great in range or scope;

Limited in size or scope;

Having ample fabric;

Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view;

Not on target;

Very limited in degree;

With or by a broad space;

Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;

To the fullest extent possible;

Far from the intended target;

To or over a great extent or range; far;