p. p. of Tie.
To tighten.
Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot.
Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; - often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight.
Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, a tight coat or other garment.
Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings.
Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; - applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
Handy; adroit; brisk.
Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy.
Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; - said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7.
Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
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.
Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.
Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
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.
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.
To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.
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 contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.
Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.
To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.
