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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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..
Detention :: Detention (n.) Confinement; restraint; custody.
Escape :: Escape (v. i.) To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors..
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..
Belt :: Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
Pent :: Pent (v. t.) Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.
Closure :: Closure (v. t.) That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.
Tether :: Tether (v. t.) To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits..
Free :: Free (superl.) Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Frontier :: Frontier (n.) That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on another country; the border of the settled and cultivated part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization..
Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..
Uncloister :: Uncloister (v. t.) To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard..
Special :: Special (a.) Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..
Mew :: Mew (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural..
Megrim :: Megrim (n.) A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head..
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..
Chain :: Chain (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit..
Incagement :: Incagement (n.) Confinement in, or as in, cage..
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