ALL meanings of confine
con·fine
C c - verb confine To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. 3
- verb confine If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else. 3
- verb confine If someone is confined to a mental institution, prison, or other place, they are sent there and are not allowed to leave for a period of time. 3
- noun plural confine Something that is within the confines of an area or place is within the boundaries enclosing it. 3
- noun plural confine The confines of a situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves. 3
- verb confine to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict 3
- verb confine to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of 3
- noun confine a limit; boundary 3
- noun confine a boundary or bounded region; border; limit 3
- abbreviation CONFINE confinement 3
- noun confine a place of confinement 3
- intransitive verb confine to border (on) or be contiguous (with or to another region) 3
- verb transitive confine to keep within limits; restrict 3
- verb transitive confine to keep shut up, as in prison, in bed because of illness, indoors, etc. 3
- noun confine Keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time). 1
- transitive verb confine restrict, limit 1
- transitive verb confine keep in captivity 1
- noun plural confine boundary, limits 1
- verb with object confine to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book. 1
- verb with object confine to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.: For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days. 1
- noun confine Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier. 1
- noun confine Often, confines. region; territory. 1
- noun confine Archaic. confinement. 1
- noun confine Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison. 1
- noun confine Limit. 0
- verb confine (Transitive Verb) To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area. 0
- verb confine To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with. 0