ALL meanings of confining
con·fine
C c - verb with object confining to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book. 2
- noun confining Present participle of confine. 1
- verb with object confining 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 confining Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier. 1
- noun confining Often, confines. region; territory. 1
- noun confining Archaic. confinement. 1
- noun confining Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison. 1