Definition of confine - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Verb

place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

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restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

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prevent from leaving or from being removed

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close in; darkness enclosed him"

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deprive of freedom; take into confinement

Verb

to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

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Synonyms

bound circumscribe detain enclose hold hold in limit restrain restrict throttle trammel

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Antonyms

free

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More General Terms

bear carry check contain control curb decrease disable disenable hold hold back hold in incapacitate keep keep back lessen minify moderate restrain

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More Specific Terms

baffle bind bind over border bound box in box up cabin cage cage in cap clamp down closet constrain content coop in coop up crack down cramp cumber curb curtail cut back delimit delimitate demarcate draw a line draw the line embank enchain encumber fetter fold frame gaol gate ground halter hamper harness hold down immure impound imprison incarcerate inhibit intern jail jug keep keep down keep in lag lock lock away lock in lock up mark off mark out number pen up pin down pinion pound pound up put away put behind bars rail rail in ration reduce regulate rein remand restrain restrict rule seal in shackle shut away shut up stiffen straiten strangle tie tie down tie up tighten tighten up trap truss

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