confine /konˈfīn/

1. A border, boundary or limit (generally in pl)
2. /kən-fīnˈ/ confinement (archaic)
3. A prison (Shakespeare)

1. To limit, enclose, bound
2. To imprison
3. To border (obsolete)
4. To be adjacent to (obsolete)

confinˈable adjective

confinedˈ adjective

1. Limited
2. Imprisoned
3. Narrow, small

confineˈless adjective (Shakespeare)

1. Without bound
2. Unlimited

confineˈment noun

1. The state of being shut up
2. Restraint
3. Imprisonment
4. The time during which a woman is confined to bed during labour and immediately after giving birth
5. Another name for containment (see under contain; nuclear eng)

confinˈer noun

confinˈing adjective

1. Bordering
2. Limiting

be confined

1. To be limited
2. To be imprisoned
3. (of a woman) to go through the process of childbirth

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• plonkier
• plonkiest
• plonking
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• plook
• plookie
• plookier
• plookiest
• plooks
• plop
• plopped
• oscillates
• oscillating
• oscillation
• oscillations
• oscillative
• oscillator
• oscillators
• oscillatory
• oscillogram
• oscillograms
• oscillograph