confine
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confine
- /kənˈfaɪn/
- /ˈkɒnfaɪn/ UK
- /ˈkɑnfaɪn/ US
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.
verb confines · confining · confined
- To have a common boundary with; to border on. Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
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To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!
Similar: pen, hem in, incarcerate
Translations
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verb to restrict; to keep within bounds
| Español | confinar, encorsetar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가두다 gaduda |
| 日本語 | 限る kagiru |
| 中文 | 局限 júxiàn, 囿於 /囿于 yòuyú |
| Português | confinar |
| Français | confiner |
| Deutsch | beschränken |
| Ελληνικά | περιορίζω periorízo |
| Русский | ограни́чивать ograníčivatʹ, ограни́чить ograníčitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nhốt |
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