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confining
Overview of verb confine
The verb confine has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) limit, circumscribe, confine -- (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")
2. (5) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")
3. (3) confine -- (prevent from leaving or from being removed)
4. enclose, hold in, confine -- (close in or confine)
5. confine, detain -- (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)
6. restrain, confine, hold -- (to close within bounds, limit or hold back from 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")
Overview of adj confining
The adj confining has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting -- (restricting the scope or freedom of action)
2. close, confining -- (crowded; "close quarters")
Antonyms of verb confine
1 of 6 senses of confine
Sense 5
confine, detain
Antonym of free (Sense 1)
=>free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confine
6 senses of confine
Sense 1
limit, circumscribe, confine
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 3
confine
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 4
enclose, hold in, confine
=> hold, bear, carry, contain
=> include
Sense 5
confine, detain
Sense 6
restrain, confine, hold
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb confine
6 senses of confine
Sense 1
limit, circumscribe, confine
=> hold down
=> number, keep down
=> cap
=> restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
=> demarcate, delimit, delimitate
=> content
=> ration
Sense 2
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> reduce, tighten
=> tie
=> gate
=> draw the line, draw a line
=> mark off, mark out
=> rule, harness, rein
=> baffle, regulate
=> hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
=> stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain
=> clamp down, crack down
=> inhibit
=> restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
Sense 3
confine
=> cabin
=> closet
=> coop up, coop in
=> lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
=> lock in, seal in
Sense 4
enclose, hold in, confine
=> bound, border
=> embank
=> rail, rail in
=> box in, box up
=> frame
Sense 5
confine, detain
=> keep
=> straiten
=> imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
=> intern
=> bind over
=> imprison
=> cage, cage in
=> trap
=> keep in
Sense 6
restrain, confine, hold
=> tie down, tie up, bind, truss
=> fetter, shackle
=> enchain
=> pinion, shackle
=> impound, pound
=> pound, pound up
=> pen up, fold
=> ground
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confine
6 senses of confine
Sense 1
limit, circumscribe, confine
=> decrease, lessen, minify
Sense 2
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 3
confine
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
Sense 4
enclose, hold in, confine
=> hold, bear, carry, contain
Sense 5
confine, detain
Sense 6
restrain, confine, hold
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
'Cause To' of verb confine
Derived Forms of verb confine
2 of 6 senses of confine
Sense 4
enclose, hold in, confine
RELATED TO>(noun) confinement#3
=> confinement
Sense 5
confine, detain
RELATED TO>(noun) confinement#2
=> confinement
Domain of verb confine
Domain Terms of verb confine
Familiarity of verb confine
confine used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb confine
6 senses of confine
Sense 1
limit, circumscribe, confine
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
confine
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 4
enclose, hold in, confine
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
confine, detain
EX: They want to confine the prisoners
Sense 6
restrain, confine, hold
EX: They want to confine the prisoners
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb confine
5 of 6 senses of confine
Sense 1
limit, circumscribe, confine
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Sense 2
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> damp
=> mortify, subdue, cricify
=> deny, abnegate
=> restrict
=> train
=> catch
=> bate
=> thermostat
=> countercheck, counteract
Sense 3
confine
> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> hold
=> confine
=> quench
=> bottle up, suppress
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 4
enclose, hold in, confine
> hold, bear, carry, contain
=> retain
=> surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring
=> enclose, hold in, confine
Sense 6
restrain, confine, hold
> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> lay up
=> nobble
=> pinion
=> restrain, confine, hold
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb confine
Sense 1
limit, circumscribe, confine
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Sense 2
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
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Sense 3
confine
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
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Sense 4
enclose, hold in, confine
=> hold, bear, carry, contain
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Sense 5
confine, detain
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Sense 6
restrain, confine, hold
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
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Grep of verb confine
confine
Antonyms of adj confining
2 senses of confining
Sense 1
confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting
INDIRECT (VIA restrictive) -> unrestrictive
Sense 2
close, confining
INDIRECT (VIA confined) -> unconfined
Similarity of adj confining
2 senses of confining
Sense 1
confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting
=> restrictive (vs. unrestrictive)
Sense 2
close, confining
=> confined (vs. unconfined)
Pertainyms of adj confining
Attributes of adj confining
Domain of adj confining
Domain Terms of adj confining
Familiarity of adj confining
confining used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj confining
confining
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