ALL meanings of contain
con·tain
C c - verb contain If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it. 3
- verb contain If a substance contains something, that thing is a part of it. 3
- verb contain If writing, speech, or film contains particular information, ideas, or images, it includes them. 3
- verb contain If a group or organization contains a certain number of people, those are the people that are in it. 3
- verb contain If you contain something, you control it and prevent it from spreading or increasing. 3
- verb contain If you cannot contain a feeling such as excitement or anger, or if you cannot contain yourself, you cannot prevent yourself from showing your feelings. 3
- verb contain to hold or be capable of holding or including within a fixed limit or area 3
- verb contain to keep (one's feelings, behaviour, etc) within bounds; restrain 3
- verb contain to consist of; comprise 3
- verb contain to prevent (enemy forces) from operating beyond a certain level or area 3
- verb contain to be a multiple of, leaving no remainder 3
- verb contain to have as a subset 3
- verb transitive contain to have in it; hold, enclose, or include 3
- verb transitive contain to have the capacity for holding 3
- verb transitive contain to be equivalent to 3
- verb transitive contain to hold back or within fixed limits 3
- verb transitive contain to restrain (one's feeling, oneself, etc.) 3
- verb transitive contain to check the power, expansion, or influence of 3
- verb transitive contain to be divisible by, esp. without a remainder 3
- intransitive verb contain to restrain one's feelings 3
- transitive verb contain have inside 1
- transitive verb contain hold back feelings 1
- transitive verb contain hold back, restrain 1
- verb with object contain to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water. This paddock contains our best horses. 1
- verb with object contain to be capable of holding; have capacity for: The room will contain 75 persons safely. 1
- verb with object contain to have as contents or constituent parts; comprise; include. 1
- verb with object contain to keep under proper control; restrain: He could not contain his amusement. 1
- verb with object contain to prevent or limit the expansion, influence, success, or advance of (a hostile nation, competitor, opposing force, natural disaster, etc.): to contain an epidemic. 1
- verb with object contain to succeed in preventing the spread of: efforts to contain water pollution. 1
- verb with object contain Mathematics. (of a number) to be a multiple of; be divisible by, without a remainder: Ten contains five. 1
- verb with object contain to be equal to: A quart contains two pints. 1
- noun contain Have or hold (someone or something) within. 1
- verb contain (Transitive Verb) To hold inside. 0
- verb contain (Transitive Verb) To include as a part. 0
- verb contain (Transitive Verb) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. 0
- verb contain (Transitive Verb) (mathematics, of a set etc.) To have as an element. 0
- verb contain (Obsolete (No longer in use)) VI To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. 0