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confine::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel |
| Has types | skimp, clamp down, constrain, crack down, cramp, cumber, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, draw a line, draw the line, encumber, gate, halter, hamper, mark off, mark out, reduce, restrain, scant, stiffen, strangle, tie, tighten, tighten up |
Examples of confine
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In this one, I'll confine myself to expectations of 21st century sea level rise.
From the independent.co.uk
Risk does not, of course, confine itself only to the troubled bits of the globe.
From the economist.com
The androgynous twin brothers did not confine themselves to on-field activities.
From the edition.cnn.com
However, let us never confine ourselves to only arguing the logic of the market.
From the guardian.co.uk
Still, they insisted they would strive to confine aid to those who were in need.
From the time.com
We can only be grateful Telstra chose to confine its thoughts to just 25 pages.
From the theaustralian.com.au
There is no good reason for Mr Osborne to confine his search to British citizens.
From the economist.com
Do not confine your thinking to those experiences you have had at work, though.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Suliban confine the crew to quarters and take Enterprise to a nearby helix.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Restrict: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- Limit: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- Prevent from leaving or from being removed
- Enclose: close in; darkness enclosed him"
- Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- Restrain: 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"
- (confined) not invading healthy tissue
- (confined) not free to move about
- Confine is a village located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality (castello) of Chiesanuova. Its name, in Italian language, means "border".
