confine

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

limit

restrict

imprison

restrain

detain

abridge

jail

enclose

bound

incarcerate

lock up

shut in

circumscribe

intern

border

immure

boundary

hold

frontier

cramp

put in prison

surround

close in

close

contain

stint

shut up

cage

gaol

bind

localize

tighten

manacle

trammel

curtail

coop up

handcuff

hold in

tie

constrain

fasten

fetter

pen

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gird

condense

oppress

tie up

localise

bounds

check

Translations

limiter

limitar

beperken

limitare

beschränken

limitar

περιορίζω

restreindre

restringir

confinar

limite

enfermer

limitar

begrenzen

einsperren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈfaɪn/

Etymology

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