Confine (Verb)
Meaning 1
Place limits on (extent or amount or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Close in; "darkness enclosed him".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 3
Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 4
Prevent from leaving or from being removed.
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 5
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".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.