English > confine: 5 senses > verb 1, change| 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 |
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| Synonyms | restrict, trammel, limit, bound, throttle |
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| Narrower | clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) |
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| 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 |
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| Catalan | estrangular, limitar, restringir |
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English > confine: 5 senses > verb 2, contact| 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 |
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| Narrower | cabin | Confine to a small space, such as a cabin |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | encerrar |
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English > confine: 5 senses > verb 4, social| Meaning | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | They want to confine the prisoners |
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| Synonym | detain |
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| Narrower | bind over | Order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | confinar, detener, encarcelar, limitar |
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| Catalan | confinar, detenir, empresonar, limitar |
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| Nouns | confinement | the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them |
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English > confine: 5 senses > verb 5, contact| 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 |
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| Model | They want to confine the prisoners |
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| Synonyms | restrain, hold, constrain |
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| Narrower | enchain | Restrain or bind with chains |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | aguantar, constreñir, contener, sujetar |
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| Catalan | aguantar, sostenir-se, sostenir, subjectar |
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