The city came up with a narrow list of ideas for lowering the level of crime.La ciudad elaboró una lista reducida de ideas para bajar el nivel de crimen.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
The boy narrowed his eyes when he saw his sister trying to steal candy from his backpack.El niño entrecerró los ojos al ver que su hermana intentaba robarle dulces de su mochila.
If you narrow the range of products you offer too much, you'll lose your customers.Si limitas demasiado la línea de productos que ofreces, perderás a tus clientes.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
...through the town's narrow streetsThe road was narrowWe turned left off the main [road] into a narrow lane...he had crawled through the narrow passage...a narrow strip of landIris was waiting for them on the narrow path bordering the canal...a long, narrow roomThey climbed the narrow stairs
[+bed, channel, face]estrecho;angosto; (LAm)
...the narrow channel between Albania and CorfuShe slept on a narrow bed in a tiny storage roomshe had a long narrow faceHer mouth was too big for her narrow face*
to become or get narrow(er)estrecharse;angostarse; (LAm)
the road got narrower as we travelled further away from civilizationthe narrow path...250 precepts to keep them on the narrow path
They restrict students to a narrow range of courses too early
prices rose and fell within a narrow bandlos precios subieron y bajaron dentro de una estrecha banda;in a narrow senseen sentido estricto
I didn't use the word "romantic" in any such narrow sense
3(small, slight)[+margin, majority]escaso;[+victory, defeat]por un escaso margen
following his narrow victory/defeat inby the narrow margin of 50 to 37 votesDelegates have voted by a narrow majority in favour of considering electoral reform
to have a narrow escapesalvarse de milagro;salvarse por los pelos (informal)
That was a rather narrow escape, wasn't itTwo police officers had a narrow escape when separatists attacked their vehicles
to have a narrow lead (over sb)llevar una pequeña ventaja (a algn)
I would have preferred somebody who had wider ideas, and he was rather narrow
[+mind]estrecho de miras;[+view, idea]cerrado
...a narrow and outdated view of family lifeI find this a narrow definition of scienceto have a narrow mind
intransitive verb
1(become less wide)[+road, path, river]estrecharse;angostarse; (LAm)
2(almost close)[+eyes]entrecerrarse
3(diminish)[+gap, majority]reducirse
after disastrous election results their majority has greatly narrowed
transitive verb
1(reduce)[+gap]reducir;[+differences]solventar en cierta medida
We have moved much closer, narrowed our differences.
2(almost close)
to narrow one's eyesentrecerrar los ojos
Kitty narrowed her eyes and glared at Karen...`I want you back here in five minutes," he growled, narrowing his eyes to ominous slits.she narrowed her eyes to try and make out the writing
Later the narrow gauge was converted to standardNarrowcasting is the supplying of television programmes to a small area by means of cable televisionThis is an age when broadcasting is being replaced by narrowcasting — 24-hour cable television services, for example, dedicated to shopping, weather and sportsbroadcasting, cable television
