NARROW. adj. A relative term, denoting a proportional smallness of distance between the sides of the superficies of plain bodies. Opposed to broad.
1. As this is only applied to superficies, it is exactly contrasted by broad, and is applied in all cases where the term broad can be used, (see BROAD); and in no other case but as a contrast to it, except the following.
2. It sometimes is employed to describe the smallness of space circumscribed between certain boundaries, as opposed to wide, and nearly synonymous with strait; as we say a wide or a narrow house, church, &c. For the necessary distinctions here, see the article STRAIT.
3. In a figurative sense it denotes parsimony, poverty, confined sentiments, &c.