Dictionary entry details
• CONFINE (verb)
Meaning:
Restrict or confine,
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
confine; limit; circumscribe
Context example:
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
Hypernyms (to "confine" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confine"):
ration (restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war)
content (satisfy in a limited way)
delimit; delimitate; demarcate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)
curb; curtail; cut back; restrict (place restrictions on)
cap (restrict the number or amount of)
keep down; number (place a limit on the number of)
hold down (restrain)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Place limits on (extent or access)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
limit; throttle; confine; restrain; trammel; bound; restrict
Context examples:
restrict the use of this parking lot / limit the time you can spend with your friends
Hypernyms (to "confine" is one way to...):
check; contain; control; curb; hold; hold in; moderate (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confine"):
reduce; tighten (narrow or limit)
constrain; cumber; encumber; restrain (hold back)
inhibit (limit the range or extent of)
clamp down; crack down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))
constrain; stiffen; tighten; tighten up (restrict)
cramp; halter; hamper; strangle (prevent the progress or free movement of)
baffle; regulate (check the emission of (sound))
harness; rein; rule (keep in check)
mark off; mark out (set boundaries to and delimit)
draw a line; draw the line (reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on))
gate (restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment)
tie (limit or restrict to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Prevent from leaving or from being removed
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "confine" is one way to...):
hold back; keep; keep back; restrain; suppress (keep under control; keep in check)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confine"):
lock in; seal in (close with or as if with a tight seal)
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)
coop in; coop up (confine in or as if in a coop)
closet (confine to a small space, as for intensive work)
cabin (confine to a small space, such as a cabin)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Close in or confine
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
hold in; enclose; confine
Hypernyms (to "confine" is one way to...):
bear; carry; contain; hold (contain or hold; have within)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confine"):
border; bound (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)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
detain; confine
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confine"):
keep in (cause to stay indoors)
trap (place in a confining or embarrassing position)
cage; cage in (confine in a cage)
imprison (confine as if in a prison)
bind over (order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her)
intern (deprive of freedom)
gaol; immure; imprison; incarcerate; jail; jug; lag; put away; put behind bars; remand (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail)
straiten (squeeze together)
keep (hold and prevent from leaving)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to confine the prisoners
Antonym:
free (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
Meaning:
To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
restrain; hold; confine
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "confine" is one way to...):
disable; disenable; incapacitate (make unable to perform a certain action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confine"):
ground (confine or restrict to the ground)
fold; pen up (confine in a fold, like sheep)
pound; pound up (shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits)
impound; pound (place or shut up in a pound)
pinion; shackle (bind the arms of)
enchain (restrain or bind with chains)
fetter; shackle (restrain with fetters)
bind; tie down; tie up; truss (secure with or as if with ropes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They want to confine the prisoners
