transitive. To lock (a person) in a room, building, etc.; (also) to lock or shut out. Also figurative.
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释义 | society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] (92) beloukOE transitive. To lock (a person) in a room, building, etc.; (also) to lock or shut out. Also figurative. loukOE transitive. To enclose, hem in, surround; to cover; to contain. Also in to louk in clay (lead,etc.): to bury. sparc1175 In general use: To close, fasten, secure, lock, etc. Also with up. pena1200 transitive. To fasten or lock (as with a bolt, etc.). Cf. pin, v.1 1. (In quots. figurative) Obsolete. bepen?c1225 to pen in. pind?c1225 transitive. spec. To enclose or pen (an animal or bird); to impound (livestock). Now English regional (rare). prison?c1225 transitive. To put in a place of confinement, make a prisoner of; to keep in a prison or other place of confinement; to detain in custody; imprison. spearc1300 To shut up or confine (a person) in a prison or other place. Also figurative. stopc1315 To shut up, block up (a person or thing in a place). Also with adverb in, up. Obsolete. restraina1325 transitive. To restrict, limit, confine. aclosec1350 transitive. To enclose, confine, shut up. forbara1375 To bar, barricade, confine (a person); to obstruct (a way). reclosea1382 transitive. To shut up or confine. ward1390 To keep in close custody or confinement; to put in ward, imprison. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. enclose1393 To shut up in a room or building; to seclude, imprison. Obsolete except with reference to monastic seclusion. locka1400 transitive. To enclose or confine in a locked room, box, etc.; to keep securely under lock and key. Frequently with prepositional phrase as… reclusea1400 transitive. To confine, shut up, or seclude; = reclude, v. Also reflexive. pinc1400 transitive. To confine, to imprison; to hem in; (also) to shut up; spec. to put (an animal) in a pound, fold, etc.; to impound. Now rare except as… sparc1430 To shut (a person or thing) out or in. Obsolete. hamperc1440 To restrain by confinement. umbecastc1440 To enclose, confine. murea1450 transitive. To shut up (a person) within walls; to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress; = immure, v. 2. Frequently with up. Also figur… penda1450 transitive. To shut in or pen; to confine, limit. Frequently with up. Cf. pind, v. 1. Obsolete. mew?c1450 transitive. To shut away, confine, enclose; to hide, conceal. Usually in passive. Also reflexive: to shut or hide oneself away. Also figurative. Obs… to shut inc1460 transitive. To prevent access to or confine (a person or thing) by shutting a door, etc. or closing a receptacle. Also reflexive. encharter1484 transitive. To incarcerate. to shut up1490 To confine (a person or animal) in prison or in some kind of restraint; to keep in seclusion; to hem (a person) round in order to prevent his… bara1500 To fasten in, shut up, or confine securely (a person or thing) by means of bars. Also transferred and figurative. hedge1549 To hem in, so as to prevent escape or free movement; to confine, restrict. hema1552 To confine or bound by an environment of any kind; to enclose, shut in, limit, restrain, imprison. Now rarely without adverb complement, most usually… impound1562 To shut in, enclose, confine (a person or thing) as in a pound. strain1566 To restrict, confine. Obsolete. chamber1568 transitive. To place in or as in a chamber; to shut up, confine, enclose (literal and figurative). Now archaic and rare. to lock up1568 transitive. To enclose or confine in a locked room, box, etc.; to keep securely under lock and key; (now frequently) to imprison. Also figurative. coop1570 transferred. To confine (persons) within small space; to shut up within irksomely narrow limits; to cage, cabin. incarcerate1575 transitive. To shut up in prison; to put in confinement; to imprison. cage1577 transitive. To confine in, or as in, a cage; to imprison. mew1581 transitive. With up, in the same sense. Also figurative. kennel1582 transferred and figurative. To lodge, shut up; to put in a place of retreat or confinement. coop1583 with up; also in, together. encagea1586 transitive. To confine in, or as in, a cage. pound1589 transitive. To shut up or confine in an enclosure; to confine within any bounds or limits, material or otherwise; occasionally with up. Also figur… imprisonc1595 In more general sense: To confine. encloister1596 transferred and figurative. To shut in; to immure or imprison; to confine. button1598 In extended or figurative use. transitive. To close tightly; to fasten, to confine, to keep under restraint. Often with up. immure1598 To shut up or enclose within walls; to imprison; to confine as in a prison or fortress. seclude1598 To shut up apart, to enclose or confine so as to prevent access or influence from without. Const. from. Also, to enclose or confine (a material… uplock1600 transitive. To lock up. stow1602 Nautical. To fasten down (persons) under the hatches for confinement or safety. confine1603 To shut up, imprison, immure, put or keep in detention. Const. in (formerly, transitional from 3, †into). jail1604 transitive. To confine in or as in a jail; to imprison, confine. hearse1608 To enclose or contain as in a bier or tomb; to entomb. bail1609 To confine. rare. hasp1620 transitive. To enclose; to confine; to imprison. Also with up. Usually in passive. Obsolete. cub1621 transitive. To confine as in a ‘cub’; to coop up. secure1621 transitive. To seize and confine; to keep or hold in custody; to imprison. Now also: to confine securely; to ensure the secure confinement or… incarcera1653 = incarcerate, v. fasten1658 transitive. With adverb or prepositional phrase. To shut (a person or animal) into or out of a place; to confine (a person or animal) in a place. to keep up1673 transitive. To keep shut up or confined. nun1753 transitive. To confine or shut up as in a nunnery; to cause to take vows as a nun. mope1765 transitive. To confine or shut up in a place. Chiefly with up. Obsolete. quarantine1804 transitive. To isolate or confine (a person), frequently as a punishment; to isolate (a nation) politically, economically, etc.; to boycott, isolate… peg1824 transitive. figurative. To restrict, constrain, or confine (a person); to tie down. Obsolete. penfold1851 transitive. To confine in a penfold (figurative in quot.). encoop1867 transitive. To coop up. oubliette1884 transitive. To shut up in, or as in, an oubliette. jigger1887 transitive. To shut up, imprison. corral1890 To shut up in, or as in, a corral; to confine. maroon1904 transitive. More generally: to place or leave in a position from which one cannot escape. Usually in passive. Also figurative. to bang up1950 transitive. British slang (originally Criminals' slang). to bang up: to lock up, imprison, detain in custody; to confine (a prisoner) to a cell… to lock down1971 transitive (frequently in passive). To confine all of the prisoners of (a prison, cell block, etc.) to cells for an extended period of time, usually… Subcategories:— again (1) — put into confinement (2) — confine in a narrow space (11) — confine in specific type of place (3) — confine to an area or intern (1) — confine to school or college bounds (2) — divest of the nature of a gaol (1) |
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