Found 3 items, similar to Confining.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: confine
batas, perbatasan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: confining
confining
adj 1: restricting the scope or freedom of action [syn:
constraining,
constrictive,
limiting,
restricting]
2: crowded;
“close quarters” [syn:
close]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Confining
Confine
\Con*fine"\ (k[o^]n*f[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Confining.] [F. confiner to
border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis
boundary, end. See
Final,
Finish.]
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound;
to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
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Now let not nature's hand
Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! --Shak.
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He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
the slavery of rhyme. --Dryden.
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To be confined, to be in childbed.
Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
circumscribe; restrict.
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