Dictionary Entry
restrain
restrain is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.
- 2transitive verb
To draw back toghtly, as a rein.
- 3transitive verb
To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
- 4transitive verb
To limit; to confine; to restrict.
- 5transitive verb
To withhold; to forbear.
- 6verb
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"
"limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- 7verb
hold back
- 8verb
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"
- 9verb
to compel or deter by or as if by threats
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- 10verb
keep under control; keep in check
"suppress a smile"
"Keep your temper"
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