vverb.contactto close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movementSynset:confine constrain hold restrain
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:holdrestrainerrestraint
Hypernyms:disable disenable incapacitate
Inherited Hypernyms:restraindisablechange
Direct Hyponyms:bindenchainfetterfoldgroundimpoundpen uppinionpoundpound upshackletie downtie uptruss
Full Troponyms:chain upenchainfaggotfettergroundhog-tieimpoundmanaclepen uppinionpoundtie down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: confine, restrain)
vverb.contactrestrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficultSynset:cumber encumber restrain
Derivationally Related Form:restrainer
Hypernyms:bound confine limit restrict throttle trammel
Inherited Hypernyms:restrainrestrict
Direct Hyponyms:bridleclogcurb
Full Troponyms:bridleclogcurbsnaffle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialprevent (someone or something) from doing somethingExamples:- security guards restrained the reporter from throwing another shoe
Derivationally Related Form:restrainer
Hypernyms:keep prevent
Inherited Hypernyms:restrainprevent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.changeprevent the action or expression ofSynset:hold back keep keep back restrain
Examples:- hold back your anger
- keep your cool
- she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays
Derivationally Related Form:restrainerrestraint
Inherited Hypernyms:restrain
Direct Hyponyms:baffleblinkblink awaycheckconfinecontaincontrolcurbharnessholdhold inmoderateregulatereinruleswallowwink
Full Troponyms:bafflebateburkecabincatchchoke offclosetconfinecontrolcoop upcountercheckdampdenygagholdhushlock inlullmortifyquenchruleshout downshushsilencesquelchsuppressswallowthermostattraintrelliswink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
adj satadj.allcool and formal in mannerSynset:reticent unemotional
Antonyms:demonstrative
Inherited Hypernyms:restrained
Similar to:undemonstrative
adjadj.allunder restraintAntonyms:unrestrained
Inherited Hypernyms:restrained
Similar to:close low-key low-keyed subdued unexpansive
See also:controlled inhibited reserved
adj satadj.allmarked by avoidance of extravagance or extremesSynset:moderate
Examples:- moderate in his demands
- restrained in his response
Antonyms:intemperate
Derivationally Related Form:moderateness
Inherited Hypernyms:moderate
Similar to:temperate
adj satadj.allnot showy or obtrusiveSynset:quiet
Examples:- clothes in quiet good taste
Antonyms:ostentatious
Inherited Hypernyms:quiet
Similar to:unostentatious unpretending unpretentious
adj satadj.allprudentSynset:guarded
Antonyms:incautious
Inherited Hypernyms:guarded
Similar to:cautious