| confine | | |
| v. (change) | 1. bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| ~ tighten, reduce | narrow or limit.; "reduce the influx of foreigners" |
| ~ tie | limit or restrict to.; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" |
| ~ gate | restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment. |
| ~ draw a line, draw the line | reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on).; "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!" |
| ~ mark off, mark out | set boundaries to and delimit.; "mark out the territory" |
| ~ harness, rein, rule | keep in check.; "rule one's temper" |
| ~ baffle, regulate | check the emission of (sound). |
| ~ hamper, cramp, halter, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of.; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" |
| ~ tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten | restrict.; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" |
| ~ clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable).; "The police clamped down on illegal drugs" |
| ~ inhibit | limit the range or extent of.; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" |
| ~ constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain | hold back. |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | 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" |
| v. (change) | 2. circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| ~ hold down | restrain.; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep" |
| ~ keep down, number | place a limit on the number of. |
| ~ cap | restrict the number or amount of.; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club" |
| ~ curtail, restrict, curb, cut back | place restrictions on.; "curtail drinking in school" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| ~ delimitate, demarcate, delimit | set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something. |
| ~ content | satisfy in a limited way.; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" |
| ~ ration | restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war.; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" |
| v. (contact) | 3. confine | prevent from leaving or from being removed. |
| ~ cabin | confine to a small space, such as a cabin. |
| ~ closet | confine to a small space, as for intensive work. |
| ~ coop in, coop up | confine in or as if in a coop.; "she coops herself up in the library all day" |
| ~ lock away, put away, shut away, lock in, lock up, shut up, lock | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" |
| ~ lock in, seal in | close with or as if with a tight seal.; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!" |
| ~ keep back, restrain, hold back, keep | keep under control; keep in check.; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" |
| v. (stative) | 4. confine, enclose, hold in | close in.; "darkness enclosed him" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ border, bound | form the boundary of; be contiguous to. |
| ~ embank | enclose with banks, as for support or protection.; "The river was embanked with a dyke" |
| ~ rail in, rail | enclose with rails.; "rail in the old graves" |
| ~ box in, box up | enclose or confine as if in a box. |
| ~ frame | enclose in a frame, as of a picture. |
| v. (social) | 5. confine, detain | deprive of freedom; take into confinement. |
| ~ keep | hold and prevent from leaving.; "The student was kept after school" |
| ~ straiten | squeeze together. |
| ~ gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put behind bars, lag, remand, put away | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" |
| ~ intern | deprive of freedom.; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West" |
| ~ bind over | order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her.; "The defendant was bound over for trial" |
| ~ imprison | confine as if in a prison.; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone" |
| ~ cage, cage in | confine in a cage.; "The animal was caged" |
| ~ trap, pin down | place in a confining or embarrassing position.; "He was trapped in a difficult situation" |
| ~ keep in | cause to stay indoors. |
| v. (contact) | 6. confine, hold, restrain | to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" |
| ~ disable, disenable, incapacitate | make unable to perform a certain action.; "disable this command on your computer" |
| ~ tie down, tie up, truss, bind | secure with or as if with ropes.; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" |
| ~ fetter, shackle | restrain with fetters. |
| ~ enchain | restrain or bind with chains. |
| ~ pinion, shackle | bind the arms of. |
| ~ impound, pound | place or shut up in a pound.; "pound the cows so they don't stray" |
| ~ pound up, pound | shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits.; "The prisoners are safely pounded" |
| ~ pen up, fold | confine in a fold, like sheep. |
| ~ ground | confine or restrict to the ground.; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot" |
| insert | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. insert | a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication. |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. insert, inset | an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted. |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront | a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt. |
| n. (act) | 3. cut-in, insert | (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program. |
| ~ disruption, interruption, gap, break | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" |
| ~ broadcasting | taking part in a radio or tv program. |
| n. (act) | 4. cut-in, insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film. |
| ~ disruption, interruption, gap, break | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" |
| ~ cinema, celluloid, film | a medium that disseminates moving pictures.; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" |
| v. (contact) | 5. enter, infix, insert, introduce | put or introduce into something.; "insert a picture into the text" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ plug in, plug into, connect | plug into an outlet.; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" |
| ~ penetrate | insert the penis into the vagina or anus of.; "Did the molester penetrate the child?" |
| ~ cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate | introduce a cannula or tube into.; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck" |
| ~ input | enter (data or a program) into a computer. |
| ~ instil, instill | enter drop by drop.; "instill medication into my eye" |
| ~ embed, imbed, implant, engraft, plant | fix or set securely or deeply.; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" |
| ~ sandwich | insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects.; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men" |
| ~ graft, transplant | place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient. |
| v. (change) | 6. enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in | introduce.; "Insert your ticket here" |
| ~ plug | insert as a plug.; "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle" |
| ~ plug | insert a plug into.; "plug the wall" |
| ~ inoculate | introduce a microorganism into. |
| ~ inset | set or place in. |
| ~ glass | put in a glass container. |
| ~ catheterise, catheterize | insert a catheter into (a body part).; "catheterize the patient's bladder" |
| ~ cup | put into a cup.; "cup the milk" |
| ~ interlard, intersperse | introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions. |
| ~ feed in, feed | introduce continuously.; "feed carrots into a food processor" |
| ~ slip | insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly.; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand" |
| ~ foist | insert surreptitiously or without warrant. |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ inject, shoot | force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing.; "inject hydrogen into the balloon" |
| v. (contact) | 7. insert, tuck | fit snugly into.; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| v. (communication) | 8. insert, slip in, sneak in, stick in | insert casually.; "She slipped in a reference to her own work" |
| ~ add, append, supply | state or say further.; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" |
| ~ spatchcock | interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story. |
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