English dictionary

confine

/k/@/n'f/aI/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

noun

Source: webster1913

place limits on (extent or access)

verb.change

Synonyms bound limit restrain restrict throttle trammel

Source: WordNet 3.0
restrict or confine,

verb.change

Synonyms circumscribe limit

Source: WordNet 3.0
prevent from leaving or from being removed

verb.contact

Source: WordNet 3.0
close in

verb.stative

Synonyms enclose hold in

Source: WordNet 3.0
deprive of freedom; take into confinement

verb.social

Synonyms detain

Antonyms free liberate loose release unloose unloosen

Source: WordNet 3.0
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

verb.contact

Synonyms hold restrain

Source: WordNet 3.0
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

verb

Source: webster1913
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by <i>on</i> or <i>with</i>.

verb

Source: webster1913