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Meaning of 'restrain'
Meaning of 'restrain' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Restrain 
[ v. t.]
- To draw back again; to hold back from acting,
proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any
interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. [ v. t.]- To draw back toghtly, as a rein.
- To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
- To limit; to confine; to restrict.
- To withhold; to forbear.
Meaning of 'restrain' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. restrain [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- prevent the action or expression of
- prevent the action or expression of
Example in sentence:
- hold back your anger;
- keep your cool;
- she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays
Meaning (2):
- prevent (someone or something) from doing something
- prevent (someone or something) from doing something
Example in sentence:
- security guards restrained the reporter from throwing another shoe
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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