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Adjective: confined kun'fInd- Not invading healthy tissue
- Not free to move about
- Being in captivity
- captive, imprisoned, jailed Verb: confine kun'fIn- Place limits on (extent or access)
- restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle - Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- limit, circumscribe - Prevent from leaving or from being removed
- Close in
- enclose, hold in - Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- detain - To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
- restrain, hold
See also: claustrophobic, close, confinement, confining, homebound, housebound, pent, restricted, shut up, shut-in, snowbound, stormbound, unfree, weather-bound 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, invasive, unconfined |