confine

Plural: confines

Verb

Verb Forms: confined, confining, confines

• To restrict or keep within limits; to imprison.
• place limits on (extent or access)
• restrict or confine,
• prevent from leaving or from being removed
• close in; darkness enclosed him"
• deprive of freedom; take into confinement
• to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
• To have a common boundary with; to border on.
• To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.

Noun

• A boundary or limit.
• Confinement, imprisonment.

Examples

• She tried to CONFINE her opponent’s playable area, blocking off premium squares.

Synonyms

bound, circumscribe, detain, enclose, hold, hold in, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel, border

Antonyms

free

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