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Meaning of 'detain' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Detain [ n.]
- Detention.
2 . Detain [ v. t.]
- To keep back or from; to withhold.
- To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
- To hold or keep in custody.

Meaning of 'detain' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . detain [ v]
Meaning (1):
- stop or halt
Example in sentence:
  • Please stay the bloodshed!
Meaning (2):
- cause to be slowed down or delayed
Example in sentence:
  • she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform;
  • Traffic was delayed by the bad weather

Nearby Words:

detach detachable detached detaching detachment detail detailed detailer detailing detainder

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