Dictionary entry details
• RESTRICT (verb)
Meaning:
Place restrictions on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
restrict; curtail; cut back; curb
Context example:
curtail drinking in school
Hypernyms (to "restrict" is one way to...):
circumscribe; confine; limit (restrict or confine,)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restrict"):
immobilise; immobilize (cause to be unable to move)
abridge (lessen, diminish, or curtail)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Place under restrictions; limit access to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
This substance is controlled
Hypernyms (to "restrict" 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 "restrict"):
classify (declare unavailable, as for security reasons)
taboo (declare as sacred and forbidden)
scant; skimp (limit in quality or quantity)
localise; localize (restrict something to a particular area)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
derestrict (make free from restrictions)
Meaning:
Place limits on (extent or access)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
throttle; limit; confine; restrain; trammel; restrict; bound
Context examples:
restrict the use of this parking lot / limit the time you can spend with your friends
Hypernyms (to "restrict" 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 "restrict"):
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:
Make more specific
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
qualify; restrict
Context example:
qualify these remarks
Hypernyms (to "restrict" is one way to...):
modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
