| VERB | contact | restrain, confine, hold, constrain | to close within bounds, limit or hold back / back from movement |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | restrain, encumber, cumber | hold back | |
| social | restrain | prevent (someone or something) from doing something | |
| change | restrain, keep, keep back, hold back | keep under control |
| Sounds | riystrey'n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| 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 restrain the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | confine, 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 | |
| Nouns | restrainer | a person who directs and restrains |
| restraint | the state of being physically constrained | |
| Meaning | hold back. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | encumber, cumber | |
| Narrower | bridle | put a bridle on |
| clog | impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden | |
| curb | Keep to the curb | |
| Broader | restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle | place limits on (extent or access) |
| Spanish | constreñir | |
| Nouns | restrainer | a person who directs and restrains |
| Meaning | Prevent (someone or something) from doing something. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "security guards restrained the reporter from throwing another shoe" | |
| Broader | prevent, keep | Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
| Nouns | restrainer | a person who directs and restrains |
| Meaning | Keep under control; keep in check. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | keep, keep back, hold back | |
| Narrower | baffle, regulate | check the emission of (sound) |
| confine | prevent from leaving or from being removed | |
| control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate | lessen the intensity of | |
| hold | Keep from exhaling or expelling | |
| rule, harness, rein | Keep in check | |
| swallow | Keep from expressing | |
| wink, blink, blink away | Force to go away by blinking | |
| Nouns | restrainer | a person who directs and restrains |
| restraint | the act of controlling by restraining someone or something | |
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