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Meaning of restrain
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
restrain
v 1: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile";
"Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: {restrain},
{keep}, {keep back}, {hold back}]
2: 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}]
3: 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}]
4: hold back [syn: {restrain}, {encumber}, {cumber},
{constrain}]
5: to compel or deter by or as if by threats [syn: {intimidate},
{restrain}]
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