confine

/kən'fain/

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Explanation of the Word "Confine"

Part of Speech: Verb

Summary:

To "confine" is to restrict or limit something or someone within set boundaries. It can apply to physical spaces as well as abstract concepts like freedom and creativity.

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Verb

1. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from 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
2. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
3. close in; darkness enclosed him"
4. prevent from leaving or from being removed
5. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
6. place limits on (extent or access)
   • restrict the use of this parking lot
   • limit the time you can spend with your friends

Synonyms

• restrain
• hold
• detain
• enclose
• hold in
• limit
• circumscribe
• restrict
• trammel
• bound
• throttle