Associations to the word «Confine»

Wiktionary

CONFINE, verb. (transitive) To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
CONFINE, verb. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
CONFINE, noun. Limit.

Dictionary definition

CONFINE, verb. Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends".
CONFINE, verb. Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day".
CONFINE, verb. Prevent from leaving or from being removed.
CONFINE, verb. Close in; darkness enclosed him".
CONFINE, verb. Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.
CONFINE, verb. 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".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King