Confine

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict 1.2 to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc. 2 Noun 2.1 Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier. 2.2 Often, confines. region; territory. 2.3 Archaic . confinement. 2.4 Obsolete . a place of confinement; prison. 3 Antonyms 3.1 verb 4 Synonyms 4.1 verb 4.2 noun

Verb (used with object)

to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict

She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.

to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.

For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days.

Noun

Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.

Often, confines. region; territory.

Archaic . confinement.

Obsolete . a place of confinement; prison.

Antonyms

verb

free , let go , liberate , release

Synonyms

verb

bar , bind , bound , cage , circumscribe , constrain , cool , cool down , cramp , delimit , detain , enslave , fix , hem in , hinder , hog-tie , hold back , ice * , immure , imprison , incarcerate , intern , jail , keep , put a lid on , put away , put on ice , repress , restrain , restrict , send up , shorten , shut up , lock , wall , closet , astrict , border , bottle up , boundary , coop , corral , dam , demarcate , encage , enclose , encompass , ground , hold , hurdle , impale , impound , inclose , limit , pen , pinion , regulate , restraint , restriction , scope , seal , secure , shackle , stint , tether , tie

noun

bound , limit , precinct