Confine

Word CONFINE
Character 7
Hyphenation con fine con fine con fine
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Confine"

What do we mean by confine?

To keep within bounds; restrict: synonym: limit. transitive verb

To shut or keep in, especially to imprison. transitive verb

To restrict in movement. transitive verb

A boundary-line or limit; bound; border; precinct. noun

That part of a territory which is at or near the border; the frontier: used generally in the plural, and often figuratively: as, the confines of France or of Scotland. noun

Territory; region; district. noun

An inhabitant of a contiguous district; a neighbor. noun

A place of confinement; a prison. noun

In geom. of n-dimensions, that which corresponds to a closed volume in three dimensions. noun

To have a common boundary; border; abut; be in contact: followed by on or with.

To restrict within bounds; limit; inclose; bound; hence, imprison; immure; shut up.

Synonyms To bound, circumscribe, restrict, incarcerate.

Bordering; having a common boundary; adjacent; contiguous.

Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural. noun

Apartment; place of restraint; prison. noun

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close. transitive verb

To be in childbed. transitive verb

To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with. intransitive verb

To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area verb

Limit. noun

(chiefly in the plural) A boundary or limit.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Confine

The word "confine" in example sentences

Indeed, it is nowadays oddly daring for a real artistic talent (that is, one properly attentive to considerations of language and truthfulness) to "confine" itself to this task. ❋ Joseph O'Neil (2005)

That a man should lay down his life for his friend seems strange to vulgar affections and such as confine themselves within that worldly principle, “Charity begins at home.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

Friend, seems strange to vulgar affections, and such as confine themselves within that Worldly principle, Charity begins at home. ❋ 1605-1682 (1923)

That a man should lay down his life for his Friend, seems strange to vulgar affections, and such as confine themselves within that Worldly principle, Charity begins at home. ❋ Unknown (1909)

He is correct in the assumption that the idea is to "confine" cyclists to their lane. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He is every flabby inch the ramshackle roisterer, who announces the keynote of his unbuttoned, spilling-over performance in his spluttering rejection of the notion that he "confine" ❋ Susannah Clapp (2011)

Calculations were based on the primary structural frame in both cases: HabiTek's post-and-beam steel frame; and for CMC, the concrete columns and beams used to "confine" masonry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I thought we were doing quite well when we managed to reduce the whole house clutter to 2 bedrooms 'worth (or was it' confine 'rather than' reduce '?) … … Either way, I appreciate you more each time I read your blog, and extend thanks that you are so willing to share your life insights and experience. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Both the method of construction and the distribution of the load "confine" the masonry, so that even if walls are damaged, they are far more likely to remain in place. ❋ Kenneth Kidd (2010)

That a man should lay down his life for his friend seems strange to vulgar affections and such as confine themselves within that worldly principle, "Charity begins at home." ❋ Unknown (1643)

Your comments on infinite series are fine, but why "confine" mention of Dirichlet series to a subpage? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Father Barry, in his "Paradise opened to Philagia by a hundred Devotions to the Mother of God, of easy performance," says, "It is open to such as confine themselves to their chambers, or carry about them an image of the ❋ Francis Augustus Cox (1818)

If we focus on giving as a fraction of income, 70 percent of above-average givers to religious causes are also above-average givers to secular causes, while 67 percent of below-average givers to religious causes are below-average givers to secular causes.11 In short, while a few of us confine our giving either to religious causes or to secular causes, most of us either give to both or give to neither. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

How dare you confine women to be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen? ❋ Katie Hawkes (2010)

I learned about it years ago when I was filming for my documentary and I was conducting interviews with professionals about mental illness. 5150 is a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code which "allows a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to him or her self and/or others and/or gravely disabled." ❋ Rachel Fleischer (2010)

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