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Verb: confine kun'fIn- Place limits on (extent or access)
"confine the use of this parking lot" - restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle - Restrict or confine
- limit, circumscribe - Prevent from leaving or from being removed
- Close in
"darkness confined him" - enclose, hold in - Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- detain - Limit to within certain bounds; physically prevent from moving
"This confines the local until the express passengers change trains" - restrain, hold
Derived forms: confining, confines, confined See also: confinement Type of: bear, carry, check, contain, control, curb, decrease, disable, disenable, hold, hold back, hold in, incapacitate, keep, keep back, lessen, minify, moderate, restrain Antonym: free |