confine (v.)

  1. place limits on (extent or access); restrict the use of this parking lot; limit the time you can spend with your friends

    [ Syn: restrict , restrain , trammel , limit , bound , throttle ]

  2. restrict or confine, I limit you to two visits to the pub a day

    [ Syn: limit , circumscribe ]

  3. prevent from leaving or from being removed

  4. close in; darkness enclosed him

    [ Syn: enclose , hold in ]

  5. deprive of freedom; take into confinement

    [ Syn: detain ]

  6. 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

    [ Syn: restrain , hold ]

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