Found 4 items, similar to Contain.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: contain
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: contain
angkut, berintikan, berisi, mengandung
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: contain
contain
v 1: include or contain; have as a component;
“A totally new idea
is comprised in this paper”;
“The record contains many
old songs from the 1930's” [syn:
incorporate,
comprise]
2: contain or hold; have within;
“The jar carries wine”;
“The
canteen holds fresh water”;
“This can contains water”
[syn:
hold,
bear,
carry]
3: 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”
[syn:
control,
hold in,
hold,
check,
curb,
moderate]
4: be divisible by;
“24 contains 6”
5: be capable of holding or containing;
“This box won't take
all the items”;
“The flask holds one gallon” [syn:
take,
hold]
6: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion
or influence of;
“Arrest the downward trend”;
“Check the
growth of communism in Sout East Asia”;
“Contain the rebel
movement”;
“Turn back the tide of communism” [syn:
check,
turn back,
arrest,
stop,
hold back]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Contain
Contain
\Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contained; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir,
fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See
Tenable, and cf.
Countenance.]
1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to
inclose; to hold.
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Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not
contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron.
vi. 18.
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When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak.
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What thy stores contain bring forth. --Milton.
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2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be
equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
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3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep
within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]
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The king's person contains the unruly people from
evil occasions. --Spenser.
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Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak.
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Contain
\Con*tain"\, v. i.
To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
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But if they can not contain, let them marry. --1 Cor.
vii. 9.
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