Vi fant 10 definisjoner av confine på engelsk.
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| confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinement | ||
| detain | ||
| unloose, unloosen, liberate, loose, release, free loosen the ties of; "unloose your sneakers" | ||
| keep maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" | ||
| straiten squeeze together | ||
| gaol, immure, put behind bars, incarcerate, jail, jug, imprison, remand, lag, put away stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit" | ||
| intern work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year" | ||
| bind over order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial" | ||
| imprison lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" | ||
| cage, cage in confine in a cage; "The animal was caged" | ||
| pin down, trap define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" | ||
| keep in cause to stay indoors | ||
| confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed | ||
| keep back, restrain, hold back, keep hold back | ||
| cabin confine to a small space, such as a cabin | ||
| closet confine to a small space, as for intensive work | ||
| coop in, coop up confine in or as if in a coop; "she coops herself up in the library all day" | ||
| lock away, shut away, lock in, lock up, shut up, put away, lock place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" | ||
| seal in, lock in place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" | ||
| confine - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" | ||
| restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle | ||
| hold in, curb, contain, moderate, control, check, hold keep to the curb; "curb your dogs" | ||
| tighten, reduce become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" | ||
| tie form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie" | ||
| gate restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment | ||
| draw a line, draw the line reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!" | ||
| mark out, mark off set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory" | ||
| harness, rein, rule exploit the power of; "harness natural forces and resources" | ||
| baffle, regulate check the emission of (sound) | ||
| halter, hamper, cramp, strangle hang with a halter | ||
| tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" | ||
| clamp down, crack down repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs" | ||
| inhibit limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" | ||
| cumber, encumber, constrain, restrain hold back | ||
| confine - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" | ||
| limit, circumscribe | ||
| minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| hold down restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep" | ||
| keep down, number manage not to throw up | ||
| cap restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club" | ||
| curtail, curb, cut back, restrict keep to the curb; "curb your dogs" | ||
| delimitate, demarcate, delimit set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | ||
| content satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" | ||
| ration distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" | ||
| confine - 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" | ||
| restrain, hold | ||
| disenable, disable, incapacitate injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" | ||
| tie down, truss, tie up, bind restrain from independence by an obligation; "He was tied down by his work" | ||
| fetter, shackle restrain with fetters | ||
| enchain restrain or bind with chains | ||
| pinion, shackle cut the wings off (of birds) | ||
| impound, pound place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" | ||
| pound up, pound break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone" | ||
| pen up, fold confine in a fold, like sheep | ||
| ground instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject | ||
| confine - close in; darkness enclosed him" | ||
| enclose, hold in | ||
| contain, bear, hold, carry be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" | ||
| bound, border form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
| embank enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke" | ||
| rail in, rail complain bitterly | ||
| box in, box up enclose or confine as if in a box | ||
| frame make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" | ||
