confine
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(verb) prevent from leaving or from being removed |
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Related Words: cabin, closet, coop in, coop up, hold back, keep, keep back, lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, restrain, seal in, shut away, shut up |
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(verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement |
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Synonyms: detain |
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Related Words: cage, cage in, gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, keep in, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand, straiten, trap |
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Antonyms: free |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: hold, restrain |
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Related Words: bind, disable, disenable, enchain, fetter, fold, ground, incapacitate, pen up, pinion, shackle, tie down, tie up, truss |
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(verb) restrict or confine, as to area, extent, time, etc. |
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Synonyms: circumscribe, limit |
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Related Words: cap, curb, curtail, cut back, decrease, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, keep down, lessen, minify, number, restrict |
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(verb) close in or confine |
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Synonyms: enclose, hold in |
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Related Words: bear, border, bound, box in, box up, carry, contain, frame, hold |
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(verb) place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot" |
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Synonyms: bound, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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Related Words: baffle, check, clamp down, constrain, contain, control, crack down, cramp, cumber, curb, draw a line, draw the line, encumber, gate, halter, hamper, harness, hold, hold in, inhibit, mark off, mark out, moderate, reduce, regulate, rein, restrain, rule, stiffen, tie, tighten, tighten up |
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