Definition of confine

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Confine (v. i.) To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with.

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Fret :: Fret (n.) The reticulated headdress or net, made of gold or silver wire, in which ladies in the Middle Ages confined their hair..
Imprison :: Imprison (v. t.) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine.
Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
Prison :: Prison (n.) A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o/ confinement, restraint, or safe custody..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..
Hamleted :: Hamleted (p. a.) Confined to a hamlet.
Include :: Include (v. t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell..
Hold :: Hold (n.) A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner..
Captive :: Captive (a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours..
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
Cubbyhole :: Cubbyhole (n.) A snug or confined place.
Mooring :: Mooring (n.) The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
Errantia :: Errantia (n. pl.) A group of chaetopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chaetopoda..
Pond :: Pond (n.) A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake..
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Pen :: Pen (n. & v.) To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose..
Encage :: Encage (v. t.) To confine in a cage; to coop up.
Bound :: Bound (n.) The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary..
Vent :: Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
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