figurative. To confine, restrain to something. Obsolete.

transitive. To fix or pin firmly to or on something, esp. with a weapon. Cf. to nail down 1 at phrasal verbs. Also in figurative context.

To shut up or comprehend within definite limits; to restrict, confine. (Also with up.) Obsolete.

To restrict, tie down, limit to.

To confine or restrict oneself to. to keep to oneself, also (colloquial) to keep oneself to oneself, to avoid the society of others.

transitive. figurative. With down. To characterize, define, or specify precisely; to restrict to.

figurative. To bind, confine, or restrict in service or action to (some party or thing); to tie to.