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narrow
Adjective
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If something is narrow, it is not wide; it is thin.
The bridge was narrow.
She has a narrow waist.
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If something is narrow, it is limited.
He has a narrow knowledge of math.
narrow
Verb
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If something is narrowed, it becomes thinner; it becomes narrower.
He narrowed his eyes in anger.
The road narrows near the lake.
leaf
Noun
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A big, flat part of a plant, often green.
The leaves turn red and yellow in the fall.
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The front and back of a page in a book.
I study the leaves of the book carefully.
leaf
Verb
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To look through quickly, browse.
She leafed through the book.
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To make leaves.
The trees leafed in early spring.
beard
Noun
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A beard is hair that grows on a man's face.
After living in the woods for three months, Tom had grown a big, bushy beard
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Hair on the face of some animals, such as a goat's beard.
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A woman who goes on a date with a gay male so that others will think that he is heterosexual.