confine :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (16)

v. prevent from leaving or from being removed

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

v. 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"

detain, deprive of freedom

v. deprive of freedom; take into confinement

enclose, hold in

v. close in or confine

bound, throttle, trammel, limit, restrict, restrain

v. 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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Fuzzynyms (118)

resume, sum up, summarize

v. give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"

specify, define, give a definition for

v. determine the essential quality of

lash

v. bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse"

center, centre, rivet, focus, pore, concentrate

v. direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

adjust, adapt, get accustomed

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

change, alter

v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

change, alter, vary

v. make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"

bound, throttle, trammel, limit, restrict, restrain, confine

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

stick, cling, adhere, cohere

v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

follow, go after, come after, travel behind

v. to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"

carry, hold, take, bear, contain

v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"

bar

v. secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door"

pause suddenly, break off

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

keep, prevent

v. prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

coincide, cooccur

v. go with, fall together

temper, moderate, chasten

v. restrain or temper

include, be made up of

v. have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"

embrace, cover, comprehend, encompass, be composed of, consist

v. include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group"

bridle, put a bridle on

v. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"

contract, narrow

v. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

order, regulate, regularize, govern

v. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

adjust, adapt, get accustomed

v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

change, alter

v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

change, alter, vary

hold, restrain, confine, straiten

muzzle, gag

v. prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

muffle, mute, damp, deaden, dampen, tone down

v. of sounds or images

stifle, muffle, smother

v. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

decide, determine, decide upon, make up one's mind

v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

define, give a definition for

v. give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"

demarcate, separate clearly

v. separate clearly and as if by boundaries

specify, intend, destine, designate

v. design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"

mean, think of, have in mind

v. intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"

qualify, characterize

v. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"

ground, confine to the ground, restrict to the ground

v. confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"

curb, restrict, curtail, cut back

v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

qualify, restrict

v. make more specific; "qualify these remarks"

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Antonyms (13)

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

release, free, let out, loose, unloose, liberate, set free, turn loose

v. grant freedom to; free from confinement

extend, expand

v. become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"

confine

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