Index of English words, starting with "na"

(1) - Narrative (n.) That which is narrated; the recital of a story; a continuous account of the particulars of an event or transaction; a story.
(2) - Narrative (a.) Apt or inclined to relate stories, or to tell particulars of events; story-telling; garrulous.
(3) - Narrative (a.) Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

(1) - Narrator (n.) One who narrates; one who relates a series of events or transactions.

(1) - Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
(2) - Narrow (v. i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
(3) - Narrow (v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
(4) - Narrow (v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
(5) - Narrow (v. t.) 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.
(6) - Narrow (v. t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
(7) - Narrow (n.) 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.
(8) - Narrow (superl.) 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 e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13.
(9) - Narrow (superl.) Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
(10) - Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
(11) - Narrow (superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
(12) - Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
(13) - Narrow (superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.
(14) - Narrow (superl.) Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
(15) - Narrow (superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

(1) - Narrow-minded (a.) Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean.