| VERB | social | detain, confine | deprive of freedom |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | detain, stay, delay | stop or halt | |
| change | detain, delay, hold up | cause to be slowed ... / slowed down or delayed |
| Sounds | dihtey'n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to detain the prisoners | |
| Synonym | confine | |
| 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 | detainee | some held in custody |
| detention | a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home | |
| detention | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | |
| Meaning | stop or halt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | stay, delay | |
| Broader | check, retard, delay | Slow the growth or development of |
| Spanish | demorar, detener, diferir, retrasar | |
| Catalan | demorar, endarrerir, retardar | |
| Meaning | Cause to be slowed ... / slowed down or delayed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | delay, hold up | |
| Narrower | buy time | act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage |
| catch | delay or hold up | |
| stall | deliberately delay an event or action | |
| stonewall | Engage in delaying / delaying tactics / tactics or refuse to cooperate | |
| Broader | decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard | Lose velocity |
| Opposite | rush, hurry | urge to an unnatural speed |
| Spanish | atrasar, demorar | |
| Catalan | demorar, endarrerir, retardar | |
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