confine

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narrow or limit; tie
limit or restrict to; 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); mark off, mark out
set boundaries to and delimit; harness, rein, rule
keep in check; baffle, regulate
check the emission of (sound); cramp, halter, hamper, strangle
prevent the progress or free movement of; constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten up
restrict; clamp down, crack down
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); inhibit
limit the range or extent of; constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain
hold back; bridle
put a bridle on; curb
keep to the curb; clog
impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden

Type of:: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

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restrain; keep down, number
place a limit on the number of; cap
restrict the number or amount of; curb, curtail, cut back, restrict
place restrictions on; delimit, delimitate, demarcate
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something; content
satisfy in a limited way; ration
restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; abridge
lessen, diminish, or curtail; immobilise, immobilize
cause to be unable to move

Antonyms:: free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen
grant freedom to; free from confinement

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hold and prevent from leaving; straiten
squeeze together; gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; intern
deprive of freedom; bind over
order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; imprison
confine as if in a prison; cage, cage in
confine in a cage; pin down, trap
place in a confining or embarrassing position; keep in
cause to stay indoors

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secure with or as if with ropes; fetter, shackle
restrain with fetters; enchain
restrain or bind with chains; pinion, shackle
bind the arms of; impound, pound
place or shut up in a pound; pound, pound up
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; fold, pen up
confine in a fold, like sheep; ground
confine or restrict to the ground; chain up
tie up with chains; faggot, faggot up, fagot
bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; faggot, fagot
fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them; hog-tie
tie together somebody's limbs; cuff, handcuff, manacle
confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

Type of:: disable, disenable, incapacitate
make unable to perform a certain action

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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; lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; lock in, seal in
close with or as if with a tight seal

Type of:: hold back, keep, keep back, restrain
keep under control; keep in check

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form the boundary of; be contiguous to; embank
enclose with banks, as for support or protection; rail, rail in
enclose with rails; box in, box up
enclose or confine as if in a box; frame
enclose in a frame, as of a picture; skirt
form the edge of; verge
border on; come close to; shore
serve as a shore to

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