ALL meanings of quarantining
quar·an·tine
Q q - noun quarantining Present participle of quarantine. 1
- noun quarantining a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease. 1
- noun quarantining a period, originally 40 days, of detention or isolation imposed upon ships, persons, animals, or plants on arrival at a port or place, when suspected of carrying some infectious or contagious disease. 1
- noun quarantining a system of measures maintained by governmental authority at ports, frontiers, etc., for preventing the spread of disease. 1
- noun quarantining the branch of the governmental service concerned with such measures. 1
- noun quarantining a place or station at which such measures are carried out, as a special port or dock where ships are detained. 1
- noun quarantining the detention or isolation enforced. 1
- noun quarantining the place, especially a hospital, where people are detained. 1
- noun quarantining a period of 40 days. 1
- noun quarantining social, political, or economic isolation imposed as a punishment, as in ostracizing an individual or enforcing sanctions against a foreign state. 1
- verb with object quarantining to put in or subject to quarantine. 1
- verb with object quarantining to exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons. 1