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Confine

Definition of Confine

  • 1. Place limits on (extent or amount or access) Verb
  • 2. Prevent from leaving or from being removed Verb
  • 3. Close in Verb
  • 4. Deprive of freedom; take into confinement Verb
  • 5. To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement Verb

Synonyms for word "confine"

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

Semanticaly linked words with "confine"

  • reduce
  • tighten
  • tie
  • gate
  • draw a line
  • draw the line
  • mark off
  • mark out
  • cramp
  • halter
  • hamper
  • strangle
  • constrain
  • stiffen
  • tighten up
  • clamp down
  • crack down
  • delimit
  • delimitate
  • demarcate
  • cumber
  • encumber
  • restrain
  • scant
  • skimp
  • hold back
  • keep
  • keep back
  • restrain
  • cabin
  • closet
  • coop in
  • coop up
  • lock
  • lock away
  • lock in
  • lock up
  • put away
  • shut away
  • shut up
  • seal in
  • bear
  • carry
  • contain
  • hold
  • border
  • bound
  • embank
  • rail
  • rail in
  • box in
  • box up
  • frame
  • keep
  • straiten
  • gaol
  • immure
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • jail
  • jug
  • lag
  • put away
  • put behind bars
  • remand
  • intern
  • bind over
  • cage
  • cage in
  • pin down
  • trap
  • keep in
  • disable
  • disenable
  • incapacitate
  • bind
  • tie down
  • tie up
  • truss
  • fetter
  • shackle
  • enchain
  • pinion
  • impound
  • pound
  • pound up
  • fold
  • pen up
  • ground

Lexical Analysis for "confine"

  1. confinement
    Noun
    derivation
    2
    1. the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
    2. the state of being confined
  2. free
    Verb
    antonym
    1
    1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
Words Rhyme with confine
  • affine
  • confine
  • define
  • hyperfine
  • olefine
  • over-refine
  • overrefine
  • redefine
  • refine
  • superfine
  • terbinafine
  • vase-fine
Etymology for confine
  • etymology confinement
  • etymology confinest
  • etymology confineth
  • etymology deconfine
  • is derived from confined
  • is derived from confines
  • is derived from confining
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