confine
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
place limits on (extent or access)
restrict the use of this parking lot
Types & categories
- curb hypernym
- tighten hyponym
- tie hyponym
- gate hyponym
- draw the line hyponym
- mark off hyponym
- harness hyponym
- baffle hyponym
- hamper hyponym
- tighten up hyponym
- clamp down hyponym
- inhibit hyponym
- constrain hyponym
Related & opposite
- restriction derivation
- restriction derivation
- clipper derivation
- hamper derivation
- limit derivation
- limitation derivation
- limitation derivation
- boundary derivation
- controller derivation
- bound derivation
- limitation derivation
- restrictive derivation
Sense 2 verb
restrict or confine,
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- restriction derivation
- circumscription derivation
- limit derivation
- limitation derivation
- limitation derivation
- limitation derivation
Sense 3 verb
prevent from leaving or from being removed
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
close in; darkness enclosed him
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- enclosure derivation
- natural enclosure derivation
- confinement derivation
Sense 5 verb
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- free antonym
- confinement derivation
- detention derivation
- detainee derivation
- custody derivation
Sense 6 verb
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- keep derivation
- controller derivation
- constraint derivation
- custody derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | restriction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | restriction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clipper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hamper |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | limit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | boundary |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | controller |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bound |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrictive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | curb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tighten |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tie |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw the line |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mark off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | harness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baffle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hamper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tighten up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clamp down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inhibit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | constrain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | restriction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | circumscription |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | limitation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | restrict |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | demarcate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | content |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ration |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | restrain |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cabin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | closet |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | coop up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | put away |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lock in |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enclosure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | natural enclosure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | confinement |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | contain |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bound |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | embank |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rail in |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | box in |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | frame |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | free |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | confinement |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | detention |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | detainee |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | custody |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | straiten |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | jail |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | intern |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bind over |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | imprison |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cage |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | trap |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep in |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | keep |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | controller |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | constraint |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | custody |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | disable |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tie down |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fetter |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | enchain |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | impound |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pound up |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | pen up |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | ground |