confine

con·fine

C0561700 (kən-fīn′)tr.v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines 1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit.2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.3. To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed.

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[French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries; see confines.]

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con·fin′a·ble, con·fine′a·ble adj.con·fin′er n.

confine

vb (tr) 1. to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict2. to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of: arthritis confined him to bed. n (often plural) a limit; boundary [C16: from Medieval Latin confīnāre from Latin confīnis adjacent, from fīnis end, boundary] conˈfinable, conˈfineable adj ˈconfineless adj conˈfiner n

con•fine

(kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6; ˈkɒn faɪn for 3, 4 )

v. -fined, -fin•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: Confine your remarks to the subject at hand. 2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc. n. 3. Usu., confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border. 4. Often, confines. region; territory. 5. Archaic. confinement. 6. Obs. a place of confinement; prison. [1350–1400; (n.) Middle English < Middle French confins, confines < Medieval Latin confīnia, pl. of Latin confīnis boundary (see con-, fine²); (v.) < Middle French confiner, v. derivative of confins < Latin] con•fin′a•ble, con•fine′a•ble, adj.

confine

Past participle: confined
Gerund: confining

Imperative
confine
confine

Present
I confine
you confine
he/she/it confines
we confine
you confine
they confine

Preterite
I confined
you confined
he/she/it confined
we confined
you confined
they confined

Present Continuous
I am confining
you are confining
he/she/it is confining
we are confining
you are confining
they are confining

Present Perfect
I have confined
you have confined
he/she/it has confined
we have confined
you have confined
they have confined

Past Continuous
I was confining
you were confining
he/she/it was confining
we were confining
you were confining
they were confining

Past Perfect
I had confined
you had confined
he/she/it had confined
we had confined
you had confined
they had confined

Future
I will confine
you will confine
he/she/it will confine
we will confine
you will confine
they will confine

Future Perfect
I will have confined
you will have confined
he/she/it will have confined
we will have confined
you will have confined
they will have confined

Future Continuous
I will be confining
you will be confining
he/she/it will be confining
we will be confining
you will be confining
they will be confining

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been confining
you have been confining
he/she/it has been confining
we have been confining
you have been confining
they have been confining

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been confining
you will have been confining
he/she/it will have been confining
we will have been confining
you will have been confining
they will have been confining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been confining
you had been confining
he/she/it had been confining
we had been confining
you had been confining
they had been confining

Conditional
I would confine
you would confine
he/she/it would confine
we would confine
you would confine
they would confine

Past Conditional
I would have confined
you would have confined
he/she/it would have confined
we would have confined
you would have confined
they would have confined

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	confine - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, boundtighten, reduce - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"tie - limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports"gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishmentdraw a line, draw the line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"mark off, mark out - set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory"harness, rein, rule - keep in check; "rule one's temper"baffle, regulate - check the emission of (sound)hamper, cramp, halter, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"inhibit - limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain - hold backcurb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
	2.	confine - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"circumscribe, limithold down - restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"keep down, number - place a limit on the number ofcap - restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"curtail, restrict, curb, cut back - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"delimitate, demarcate, delimit - set, mark, or draw the boundaries of somethingcontent - satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"ration - restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city"
	3.	confine - prevent from leaving or from being removedcabin - confine to a small space, such as a cabincloset - confine to a small space, as for intensive workcoop in, coop up - confine in or as if in a coop; "she coops herself up in the library all day"lock away, put away, shut away, shut up, lock in, lock up, lock - place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"lock in, seal in - close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"keep back, restrain, hold back, keep - keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
	4.	confine - close in; darkness enclosed him"hold in, enclosecontain, bear, carry, hold - contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"border, bound - form the boundary of; be contiguous toembank - enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke"rail in, rail - enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"box in, box up - enclose or confine as if in a boxframe - enclose in a frame, as of a picture
	5.	confine - deprive of freedom; take into confinementdetainkeep - hold and prevent from leaving; "The student was kept after school"straiten - squeeze togethergaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"intern - deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"bind over - order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her; "The defendant was bound over for trial"imprison - confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"cage, cage in - confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"trap, pin down - place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"keep in - cause to stay indoorsfree, loose, unloose, unloosen, release, liberate - grant freedom to; free from confinement
	6.	confine - 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"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"restrain, holddisable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"tie down, tie up, truss, bind - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"fetter, shackle - restrain with fettersenchain - restrain or bind with chainspinion, shackle - bind the arms ofimpound, pound - place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"pound up, pound - shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"pen up, fold - confine in a fold, like sheepground - confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"

confine

verb1. imprison, enclose, shut up, intern, incarcerate, circumscribe, hem in, immure, keep, cage He has been confined to his barracks.2. restrict, limit She had largely confined her activities to the world of big business.plural noun1. limits, bounds, boundaries, compass, precincts, circumference, edge, pale The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory.

confine

verb1. To place a limit on:circumscribe, limit, restrict.2. To shut in with or as if with bars:bar, lock, wall.3. To enclose so as to hinder or prohibit escape:closet, imprison, shut up.4. To put in jail:detain, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up).noun1. A demarcation point or boundary beyond which something does not extend or occur.Used in plural:bound (often used in plural), end, limit.2. The boundary surrounding a certain area.Used in plural:bound (used in plural), limit (used in plural), precinct (often used in plural).

Translations

禁闭限制

confine

(kənˈfain) verb1. to keep within limits; to stop from spreading. They succeeded in confining the fire to a small area. 限制 限制2. to shut up or imprison. The prince was confined in the castle for three years. 禁閉 禁闭conˈfined adjective1. (with to) kept in or shut up in. confined to bed with a cold. 受限的，被關的 受限制的，被关的 2. narrow, small. a confined space. 狹窄的 狭窄的conˈfinement noun1. state of being shut up or imprisoned. solitary confinement. 監禁 监禁2. (the time of) the birth of a child. her third confinement. 分娩 分娩ˈconfines (ˈkon-) noun plural limits or boundaries. within the confines of the city. 界限 境界