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verb (v)

• include or contain; have as a component(verb.stative)

  Example:
  The record contains many old songs from the 1930's.
  

  Synonym:
  comprise, incorporate
  

  source: wordnet30
• contain or hold; have within(verb.stative)

  Example:
  This can contains water.
  

  Synonym:
  bear, carry, hold
  

  source: wordnet30
• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  check, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate
  

  source: wordnet30
• be divisible by(verb.stative)

  Example:
  24 contains 6.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be capable of holding or containing(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  hold, take
  

  source: wordnet30
• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of(verb.competition)

  Example:
  Contain the rebel movement.
  

  Synonym:
  arrest, check, hold back, stop, turn back
  

  source: wordnet30
• To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.(verb)

  source: webster1913