confine

/kən'fain/
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confine

The zookeeper will confine the new lion to its enclosure for observation.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To keep within limits; to restrict: To prevent someone or something from moving beyond a certain boundary or area.
    • To imprison or detain: To keep a person or animal in a restricted space, such as a prison, room, or enclosure.
    • To limit an activity or scope: To restrict something, such as a discussion, to a particular subject or range.
Usage
  • To physically restrict movement:
    • The farmer will confine the sheep to the lower pasture.
    • Please confine your dog to the backyard.
  • To imprison or hold:
    • The authorities had to confine the dangerous prisoner to a maximum-security cell.
  • To limit scope or focus:
    • For now, let's confine our discussion to the main topic.
    • He confined his remarks to the financial aspects of the plan.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be confined to": This common passive construction indicates a state of restriction.
    • During the outbreak, residents were confined to their homes.
    • Her research is confined to a very narrow field.
  • "to confine oneself to": To voluntarily limit one's own actions or focus.
    • I will confine myself to making a few brief observations.
Variants and Related Words
  • Confinement (n): The state of being confined; imprisonment or restriction.
    • The prisoner's long confinement affected his health.
    • She was ordered to bed rest during her confinement. (This can also refer to the period of childbirth.)
  • Confined (adj): Limited in space; restricted.
    • The work was done in a confined space.
  • Confining (adj): Creating a feeling of restriction or limitation.
    • The small room felt confining.
Synonyms
  • Restrict: To put a limit on.
  • Limit: To set a point beyond which something does not or may not extend.
  • Enclose: To surround or close off on all sides.
  • Imprison: To put or keep in prison.
  • Detain: To keep from proceeding; to hold in custody.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Confine" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. The meaning of restriction is inherent in the verb itself and is typically expressed with the preposition "to.")

Related Idioms
  • Confined to barracks: (Military) A punishment requiring a soldier to stay within the barracks area.
    • The private was confined to barracks for a week.
  • Confined to bed: Unable to leave one's bed due to illness or injury.
    • After the surgery, he was confined to bed for several days.
confine

The zookeeper will confine the new lion to its enclosure for observation.

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

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