ALL meanings of confines
con·fine
C c - noun plural confines limits; boundaries 3
- noun confines The borders or limits of an area. 1
- verb with object confines 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 confines 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 confines Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier. 1
- noun confines Often, confines. region; territory. 1
- noun confines Archaic. confinement. 1
- noun confines Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison. 1
- noun confines Elements that restrain someone. 0
- noun confines The scope or range of a subject. 0
- verb confines third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine. 0