- Thomas Joseph Crossword
- February 17 2023
- Close as an escape
Close as an escape
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Close as an escape' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Close as an escape crossword clue was last seen on February 17 2023 in the popular Thomas Joseph Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | NARROW | Close as an escape | Thomas Joseph |
Definition
| • | 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; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; 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 e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), 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. |
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