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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Lying-in :: Lying-in (n.) The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement..
Free :: Free (a.) To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences..
Pound :: Pound (n.) An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold..
Tunic :: Tunic (n.) An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Encage :: Encage (v. t.) To confine in a cage; to coop up.
Secular :: Secular (n.) A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Water Ballast :: Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast..
Weary :: Weary (superl.) Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner..
Ward :: Ward (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
Guardroom :: Guardroom (n.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined..
Stock :: Stock (n.) A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment..
Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
Confineless :: Confineless (a.) Without limitation or end; boundless.
Vent :: Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
Volumenometer :: Volumenometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air..
Intern :: Intern (a.) To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country..
Bobstay :: Bobstay (n.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
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