Found 3 items, similar to Detaining.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: detain menahan, menangkap, mendeking
English → English (WordNet) Definition: detain detain v 1: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: confine] [ant: free] 2: stop or halt; “Please stay the bloodshed!” [syn: stay, delay] 3: cause to be slowed down or delayed; “Traffic was delayed by the bad weather”; “she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform” [syn: delay, hold up] [ant: rush]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Detaining Detain \De*tain"\ (d[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detained; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaining.] [F. d['e]tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See Tenable.] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. [1913 Webster] Detain not the wages of the hireling. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. [1913 Webster] Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. --Judges xiii. 15. [1913 Webster] 3. To hold or keep in custody. Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder. [1913 Webster]