Dictionary Entry

confine

confine is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses

Definitions

1transitive verb
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
2intransitive verb
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.
3noun
Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.
4noun
Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
5verb
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"
"limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Synonyms
bound limit restrain restrict throttle trammel
6verb
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Synonyms
circumscribe limit
7verb
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"
Synonyms
hold restrain
8verb
prevent from leaving or from being removed
9verb
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Synonyms
detain
10verb
close in; darkness enclosed him"
Synonyms
enclose

Synonyms

bound limit restrain restrict throttle trammel circumscribe hold detain enclose

Common word forms

confined confiner confines confining confineable confineless confinement

Words from these letters

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