VERB | change | confine, restrict, trammel, limit, bound, throttle | place limits on (extent or access) |
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contact | confine | prevent from leaving or from being removed | |
stative | confine, enclose, hold in | close in | |
social | confine, detain | deprive of freedom | |
contact | confine, restrain, hold, constrain | to close within bounds, limit or hold back / back from movement |
Sounds | kahnfay'n | |
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Rhymes | affine ... wine: 145 rhymes with ayn... |
Meaning | place limits on (extent or access). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | restrict, trammel, limit, bound, throttle | |
Narrower | clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) |
demarcate, delimit, delimitate | Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | |
draw the line, draw a line | Reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on) | |
gate | restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory / dormitory or campus as a means / means of punishment | |
hamper, halter, cramp, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of | |
mark off, mark out | Set boundaries to and delimit | |
reduce, tighten | Narrow or limit | |
restrain, encumber, cumber | hold back | |
scant, skimp | Limit in quality or quantity | |
stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain | restrict | |
tie | Limit or restrict to | |
Spanish | estrangular, limitar, restringir | |
Catalan | estrangular, limitar, restringir |
Meaning | prevent from leaving or from being removed. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Narrower | cabin | Confine to a small space, such as a cabin |
closet | Confine to a small space, as for intensive work | |
coop up, coop in | Confine in or as if in a coop | |
lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | |
lock in, seal in | Close with or as if with a tight seal | |
Broader | restrain, keep, keep back, hold back | Keep under control |
Spanish | encerrar |
Meaning | Close in; darkness enclosed him". | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | enclose, hold in | |
Narrower | bound, border | form the boundary / boundary of |
box in, box up | enclose or confine as if in a box | |
embank | enclose with banks, as for support or protection | |
frame | enclose in a frame, as of a picture / picture | |
rail, rail in | enclose with rails | |
Broader | hold, bear, carry, contain | Contain or hold |
Spanish | cercar, confinar, encerrar | |
Catalan | confinar, envoltar, tancar, voltar | |
Nouns | confinement | the state of being confined |
Meaning | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to confine the prisoners | |
Synonym | detain | |
Narrower | bind over | Order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her |
cage, cage in | Confine in a cage | |
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | |
imprison | Confine as if in a prison | |
intern | deprive of freedom | |
keep | hold and prevent from leaving | |
keep in | Cause to stay indoors | |
straiten | squeeze together | |
trap, pin down | place in a confining or embarrassing position | |
Opposite | free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose | grant freedom to |
Spanish | confinar, detener, encarcelar, limitar | |
Catalan | confinar, detenir, empresonar, limitar | |
Nouns | confinement | the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them |
Meaning | To close within bounds, limit or hold back / back from movement. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | They want to confine the prisoners | |
Synonyms | restrain, hold, constrain | |
Narrower | enchain | Restrain or bind with chains |
fetter, shackle | Restrain with fetters | |
ground | Confine or restrict to the ground | |
impound, pound | place or shut up in a pound | |
pen up, fold | Confine in a fold, like sheep | |
pinion, shackle | Bind the arms of | |
pound, pound up | shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits | |
tie down, tie up, bind, truss | Secure with or as if with ropes | |
Broader | disable, disenable, incapacitate | make unable to perform a certain action |
Spanish | aguantar, constreñir, contener, sujetar | |
Catalan | aguantar, sostenir-se, sostenir, subjectar |
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