confine

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (in-plural) A boundary or limit.
2. (poetic) Confinement, imprisonment.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on.
2. (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.

Concepts

limiter

restreindre

enfermer

limite

confiner

retenir

détenir

prescrire

frontière

serrer

emprisonner

circonscrir

consigner

introduire

maîtriser

mettre

régner

réprimer

surveiller

tenir

circonscrire

Synonymes

limit

restrict

imprison

restrain

detain

abridge

enclose

jail

incarcerate

bound

lock up

immure

border

circumscribe

intern

shut in

hold

boundary

put in prison

surround

cramp

frontier

bind

stint

cage

close

close in

contain

gaol

shut up

curtail

tie

condense

gird

localize

fetter

pen

🖊️

fasten

constrain

handcuff

oppress

hold in

manacle

trammel

tighten

tie up

coop up

keep secluded

keep

limitation

delimit

localise

confinement

bounds

chain

encircle

pinch

constrict

check

put away

rack

reduce

repress

restriction

seclude

secure

shackle

shorten

squash

squeeze

stow

strain

straiten

strech

hem in

tense

tether

throttle

hinder

wind up

crib

impound

stress

isolate

keep confined

keep in seclusion

keep shut up

detain under custody

put in jail

clap in prison

ambit

arrest

bank

🏦

bathe

beard

beset

bolt

borderline

bourn

bourne

butting

button

cap

ceiling

circle

⭕

clamp down

compact

compel

compress

concentrate

connect

constipate

contract

coop

corral

crowd

cut

cut down

dam

dam up

delay

delimitate

demarcate

determine

diminish

encage

encase

encumber

enwrap

firm

fix

hamstring

hem

hitch

hold in custody

imprisonment

inclose

inhibit

introvert

kennel

line

line of demarcation

lock in

margin

mete

mew

minimize

moor

mure

narrow down

number

🔢

prevent

purview

qualify

quarantine

retain

scant

scope

seize

shake hands

shut

stay

suffocate

suppress

wall in

bolt in

commit to prison

hedge in

put behind bars

put into

scotch

keep in custody

Terminus

be shut in

be withdrawn

be withdrawn from

Traductions

limitar

beperken

beschränken

begrenzen

confinar

beknotten

insluiten

einschließen

einsperren

einschränken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kənˈfaɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.