NARROWS, noun A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. It is usually in the plural, but sometimes in the singular.

NARROW, verb transitive

1.To lessen the breadth of; to contract.

A government, by alienating the affections of the people, may be said to narrow its bottom.

2. To contract in extent; as, to narrow ones influence; to narrow the faculties or capacity.

3. To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to limit; to confine; as, to narrow our views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.

4. In knitting, to contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one.

NARROW, verb intransitive

1. To become less broad; to contract in breadth. At that place, the sea narrows into a strait.

2. In horsemanship, a horse is said to narrow, when he does not take ground enough, or bear out enough to the one hand or the other.

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