Definitions for confine
Overview of verb confine
The verb confine has 6 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (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")
2. (4) limit, circumscribe, confine
(restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day")
3. (3) confine
(prevent from leaving or from being removed)
4. enclose, hold in, confine
(close in; darkness enclosed him")
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")
