narrow vs realize

narrow

verb
  • To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look. 

  • To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. 

  • To reduce in width or extent; to contract. 

  • To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values. 

  • To get narrower. 

adj
  • 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. 

  • Having a small margin or degree. 

  • Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. 

  • Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. 

  • Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude. 

  • Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed. 

  • Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact. 

noun
  • A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water. 

realize

verb
  • To sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience. 

  • To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time). 

  • To cause to seem real to other people. 

  • To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound. 

  • To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence 

  • To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get 

  • To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc. 

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