confined 音标拼音: [kənf'ɑɪnd]
a . 被限制的,狭窄的,在分娩中的,坐月子的
被限制的,狭窄的,在分娩中的,坐月子的
confined adj 1 :
not invading healthy tissue [
ant : {
invasive }]
2 :
not free to move about [
ant : {
unconfined }]
3 :
being in captivity [
synonym : {
captive }, {
confined }, {
imprisoned },
{
jailed }]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Now let not nature '
s hand Keep the wild flood confined !
let order die ! --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
To be confined },
to be in childbed .
Syn :
To bound ;
limit ;
restrain ;
imprison ;
immure ;
inclose ;
circumscribe ;
restrict .
[
1913 Webster ]
confined \
confined \
adj .
1 .
having movement restricted to within a certain area ; --
usually a building .
Opposite of {
unconfined }.
Note : [
Narrower terms : {
claustrophobic }; {
close ,
confining };
{
homebound ,
housebound ,
shut -
in }; {
in childbed (
prenominal )}; {
pent ,
shut up (
predicate )};
{
snowbound }; {
weather -
bound }; {
stormbound ,
storm -
bound }]
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 .
deprived of liberty ;
especially placed under arrest or restraint .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
3 .
having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor area ; --
of animals .
Syn :
fenced in ,
penned .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
4 . (
Med .)
not invading healthy tissue .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
5 .
held prisoner .
Syn :
captive ,
imprisoned ,
jailed .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
6 .
having movement or progress restricted to a certain area ;
as ,
an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of the city ;
wildfires confined to within the canyon .
[
PJC ]
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "
confined ":
angustifoliate ,
angustirostrate ,
angustisellate ,
angustiseptal ,
authoritative ,
barred ,
bedfast ,
bedridden ,
beleaguered ,
beset ,
besieged ,
blockaded ,
bound ,
bounded ,
boxed in ,
cabined ,
caged ,
circumscribed ,
cloistered ,
close ,
close -
fitting ,
closed -
in ,
conditioned ,
constricted ,
cooped ,
copyrighted ,
cordoned ,
cordoned off ,
corralled ,
cramp ,
cramped ,
cribbed ,
crowded ,
detained ,
disciplined ,
down ,
enclosed ,
expert ,
feature ,
featured ,
fenced ,
finite ,
geographically limited ,
hedged ,
hedged about ,
hedged in ,
hemmed ,
hemmed in ,
hospitalized ,
icebound ,
immured ,
impounded ,
imprisoned ,
in childbed ,
in confinement ,
in hospital ,
incapacious ,
incarcerated ,
incommodious ,
insular ,
invalided ,
isthmian ,
isthmic ,
jailed ,
kept in ,
knowledgeable ,
laid up ,
landlocked ,
leaguered ,
limited ,
local ,
localized ,
meager ,
mewed ,
moderated ,
narrow ,
near ,
of a place ,
paled ,
parochial ,
patented ,
penned ,
pent ,
pent -
up ,
prescribed ,
proscribed ,
prostrate ,
provincial ,
qualified ,
quarantined ,
railed ,
restrained ,
restricted ,
scant ,
scanty ,
shut -
in ,
sick abed ,
slender ,
snowbound ,
specialist ,
specialistic ,
specialized ,
stinted ,
strait ,
straitened ,
technical ,
tight ,
topical ,
under restraint ,
vernacular ,
walled ,
walled -
in ,
windbound
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CONFINE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CONFINE is something (such as borders or walls) that encloses; also : something that restrains How to use confine in a sentence
CONFINE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary If something is confined to a particular group of people, it exists only among them:
Confine Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary He was confined to a wheelchair She was confined to bed for a week with the flu
CONFINED Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Confined definition: limited or restricted See examples of CONFINED used in a sentence
confine verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . be confined (in something) Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punishment)
Confined - definition of confined by The Free Dictionary 1 To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand See Synonyms at limit 2 To shut or keep in, especially to imprison 3 To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed
confine - WordReference. com Dictionary of English limit or restrict: confined himself to a few remarks to keep in; prevent from leaving because of imprisonment, illness, etc : confined to a mental institution n [countable] Usually, confines [plural] a boundary or bound; limit; border: He stayed within the confines of the hotel Often, confines [plural] region; territory See -fin-
CONFINED Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CONFINED is kept within confines How to use confined in a sentence
CONFINED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it
CONFINE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary If something is confined to a particular group of people, it exists only among them: