confining Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb place limits on (extent or access)
    throttle; bound; restrict; trammel; restrain; limit; confine.
    • restrict the use of this parking lot
    • limit the time you can spend with your friends
  2. verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
    circumscribe; confine; limit.
  3. verb prevent from leaving or from being removed
    confine.
  4. verb close in; darkness enclosed him"
    hold in; confine; enclose.
  5. verb deprive of freedom; take into confinement
    confine; detain.
  6. verb to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
    hold; confine; restrain.
    • 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
  7. adjective satellite restricting the scope or freedom of action
    constraining; constrictive; restricting; limiting.
  8. adjective satellite crowded
    close.
    • close quarters

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