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Verb: restrain  ri'streyn
  1. Keep under control; keep in check
    - keep, keep back, hold back
     
  2. Place limits on (extent or access)
    - restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
     
  3. To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
    - confine, hold
     
  4. Hold back
    - encumber, cumber [archaic], constrain
     
  5. To compel or deter by or as if by threats
    - intimidate

Derived forms: restrains, restraining, restrained

See also: restrainer, restraint

Type of: bottle up, check, contain, control, curb, disable, discourage, disenable, hold, hold in, incapacitate, inhibit, moderate, suppress