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Meaning of 'confine'
Meaning of 'confine' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Confine 
[ n.]
- Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the
plural. [ n.]- Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
2. Confine [ v. i.]
- To have a common boundary; to border; to lie
contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with. [ v. i.]3. Confine [ v. t.]
- To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to
bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'confine' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. confine [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- close in
- close in
Example in sentence:
- darkness enclosed him
Meaning (2):
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
Example in sentence:
- limit the time you can spend with your friends;
- restrict the use of this parking lot
Meaning (3):
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
Example in sentence:
- 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;
- This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
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