Home ->Dictionaries ->English/English ->Translate confine

Synonyms for "confine" in English

Summary
English Synonyms:   more detail...
  1. confine:

English

Detailed Synonyms for confine in English

confine:

to confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)

  1. to confine
    to confine; to limit; to reduce; to cut back
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
    • limit verbe (limits, limited, limiting)
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • cut back verbe (cuts back, cut back, cutting back)
  2. to confine
    restrict; to encapsulate; to confine; to limit; to enclose; envelope; to embank; to dam
    • restrict verbe
    • encapsulate verbe (encapsulates, encapsulated, encapsulating)
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
    • limit verbe (limits, limited, limiting)
    • enclose verbe (encloses, enclosed, enclosing)
    • envelope verbe
    • embank verbe (embanks, embanked, embanking)
    • dam verbe (dams, dammed, damming)
  3. to confine
    – place limits on (extent or access) 1
    to bound; to confine; restrict; to restrain; to limit; to throttle; trammel
    – place limits on (extent or access) 1
    • bound verbe (bounds, bounded, bounding)
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
    • restrict verbe
      • restrict the use of this parking lot1
    • restrain verbe (restrains, restrained, restraining)
    • limit verbe (limits, limited, limiting)
      • limit the time you can spend with your friends1
    • throttle verbe (throttles, throttled, throttling)
    • trammel verbe
  4. to confine
    – restrict or confine, 1
    to confine; to limit; to circumscribe
    – restrict or confine, 1
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
    • limit verbe (limits, limited, limiting)
      • I limit you to two visits to the pub a day1
    • circumscribe verbe (circumscribes, circumscribed, circumscribing)
  5. to confine
    – to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement 1
    to hold; to confine; to restrain
    – to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement 1
    • hold verbe (holds, held, holding)
      • This holds the local until the express passengers change trains1
      • About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade1
      • The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center1
      • The terrorists held the journalists for ransom1
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
    • restrain verbe (restrains, restrained, restraining)
  6. to confine
    – prevent from leaving or from being removed 1
    to confine
    – prevent from leaving or from being removed 1
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
  7. to confine
    – deprive of freedom; take into confinement 1
    to confine; to detain
    – deprive of freedom; take into confinement 1
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
    • detain verbe (detains, detained, detaining)
  8. to confine
    – close in; darkness enclosed him 1
    to confine; to enclose; hold in
    – close in; darkness enclosed him 1
    • confine verbe (confines, confined, confining)
    • enclose verbe (encloses, enclosed, enclosing)
    • hold in verbe

Conjugations for confine:

present
  1. confine
  2. confine
  3. confines
  4. confine
  5. confine
  6. confine
simple past
  1. confined
  2. confined
  3. confined
  4. confined
  5. confined
  6. confined
present perfect
  1. have confined
  2. have confined
  3. has confined
  4. have confined
  5. have confined
  6. have confined
past continuous
  1. was confining
  2. were confining
  3. was confining
  4. were confining
  5. were confining
  6. were confining
future
  1. shall confine
  2. will confine
  3. will confine
  4. shall confine
  5. will confine
  6. will confine
continuous present
  1. am confining
  2. are confining
  3. is confining
  4. are confining
  5. are confining
  6. are confining
subjunctive
  1. be confined
  2. be confined
  3. be confined
  4. be confined
  5. be confined
  6. be confined
diverse
  1. confine!
  2. let's confine!
  5. confined
  6. confining
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

confine

  1. confine
    confine; shut up

Alternate Synonyms for "confine":


Antonyms for "confine":


Related Definitions for "confine":

  1. place limits on (extent or access)1
  2. restrict or confine,1
  3. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement1
  4. prevent from leaving or from being removed1
  5. deprive of freedom; take into confinement1
  6. close in; darkness enclosed him1







Your free, fast, and simple translation dictionary

Copyright © 2000-2024 Interglot ®

Page served in 0.0199 seconds
Page rendered in 1.0 seconds