-adj.
1. small in breadth, in comparison to length
2. limited in range or extent
3. limited in outlook; lacking breadth of vision
4. limited in means or resources; meagre
5. barely adequate or successful
6. painstakingly thorough; minute
7. (finance) . denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks' till money, and banks' balances
8. (dialect) over careful with money; parsimonious
9. (phonetics)
a. (of a speech sound) pronounced with considerable muscular effort and having relatively precise accuracy of articulation and considerable duration (also called tense)
b. relating to or denoting a transcription used to represent phonetic rather than phonemic distinctions
c. denoting a vowel pronounced with the lips relatively close together (also called close)
10. (of agricultural feeds) especially rich in protein
-verb
11. to make or become narrow; limit; restrict
- noun
12. a narrow place, in particular for a pass or strait
In your dreams of lies
Floats a waterlily, the colour of air
Among polluted narrows
Shards of discarded truths
An inconvenient burden of hope
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