Overview of verb confine

The verb confine has 6 senses

• 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")


• limit, circumscribe, confine -- (restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")


• confine -- (prevent from leaving or from being removed)


• enclose, hold in, confine -- (close in; darkness enclosed him")


• confine, detain -- (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)


• 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

• confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting -- (restricting the scope or freedom of action)


• close, confining -- (crowded; "close quarters")