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Meaning of confine


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  confine
      v 1: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
           this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
           friends" [syn: {restrict}, {restrain}, {trammel}, {limit},
           {bound}, {confine}, {throttle}]
      2: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a
         day" [syn: {limit}, {circumscribe}, {confine}]
      3: prevent from leaving or from being removed
      4: close in; darkness enclosed him" [syn: {enclose}, {hold in},
         {confine}]
      5: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: {confine},
         {detain}] [ant: {free}, {liberate}, {loose}, {release},
         {unloose}, {unloosen}]
      6: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
         "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"
         [syn: {restrain}, {confine}, {hold}]


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