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Confine Common

Confine has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A boundary or limit.

Verb
1

place limits on (extent or amount or access)

"restrict the use of this parking lot"

"limit the time you can spend with your friends"

2

prevent from leaving or from being removed

3

close in

"darkness enclosed him"

4

deprive of freedom; take into confinement

5

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free 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"

6

To have a common boundary with; to border on.

Example Sentences
"restrict the use of this parking lot" verb
"limit the time you can spend with your friends" verb
"darkness enclosed him" verb
"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains" verb
"About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade" verb
"The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center" verb
"The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" verb
See Also
incarcerate firbound cabined corset coop up bloch oscillation heliotron quantized electronic structure
Related Terms
Antonyms
liberate
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
restrain hold disable
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
reduce tie gate draw the line mark off hamper stiffen clamp down demarcate restrain scant cabin closet coop up lock in bound embank rail box in frame keep straiten imprison intern bind over cage trap keep in tie down fetter enchain pinion impound pound pen up ground
Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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