Associations to the word «Confine»
Noun
- Chasm
- Embrace
- Illness
- Crusher
- Intellect
- Serf
- Nylon
- Slavery
- Detention
- Propagation
- Infirmary
- Animal
- Speculation
- Barracks
- Current
- Wrist
- Limb
- Criminal
- Suffrage
- Royalty
- Punishment
- Subject
- Wall
- Electrode
- Brink
- Insanity
- Mediterranean
- Strain
- Jurisdiction
- Effort
- Sweat
- Spaniard
- Compliment
- Whole
- Mage
- Seek
- Driveway
- Constitution
- Bed
- Superstition
- Freedom
- Caste
- Familiarity
- Sect
- Pursuit
- Spaceship
- Few
- Immunity
- Composite
- Exercise
- Sentiment
- Monarch
Adjective
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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.