1. confine - verb
· place limits on (extent or amount or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Synonym(s): restrict, trammel, limit, bound, throttle
2. confine - verb
· prevent from leaving or from being removed
Hypernym(s): restrain, keep, keep_back, hold_back
3. confine - verb
· close in; "darkness enclosed him"
Hypernym(s): hold, bear, carry, contain
4. confine - verb
· deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Synonym(s): detain
Antonym(s): free
5. confine - verb
· to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free 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"
Synonym(s): restrain, hold, constrain
Hypernym(s): disable, disenable, incapacitate
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