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confine

(k/@/n'f/aI/n )

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

source: webster1913

place limits on (extent or access)(verb.change)

Synonym:
bound, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

source: wordnet30
restrict or confine,(verb.change)

Synonym:
circumscribe, limit

source: wordnet30
prevent from leaving or from being removed(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
close in(verb.stative)

Synonym:
enclose, hold in

source: wordnet30
deprive of freedom; take into confinement(verb.social)

Synonym:
detain
Antonym:
free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen

source: wordnet30
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement(verb.contact)

Synonym:
hold, restrain

source: wordnet30
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 on or with.(verb)

source: webster1913

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