All in-tern synonyms
in-tern
I i verb in-tern
- surround β to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- confinement β Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- commit β If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- remand β to send back, remit, or consign again.
- incarcerate β to imprison; confine.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- detain β When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- imprison β to confine in or as if in a prison.
- jail β a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- inhibit β to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- necessitate β to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- constrict β If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.
- stifle β to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- hold down β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- insert β to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- wrap β to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- closet β A closet is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and shelves inside, which is used for storing things.
- trammel β Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- stockade β Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- occlude β to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
- settle β to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- slough β the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- railroad β a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
- book β A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
- wall β any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- hog-tie β If someone hog-ties an animal or a person, they tie their legs together, or they tie their arms and legs together.
- bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- cramp β Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
- bound β Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- delimit β If you delimit something, you fix or establish its limits.
noun in-tern
- practitioner β a person engaged in the practice of a profession, occupation, etc.: a medical practitioner.
- resident β a person who resides in a place.
- doctor β a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- student β a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.
- trainee β a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- physician β a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
- specialist β a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- professor β a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university, who has been awarded the title Professor in a particular branch of learning; a full professor: a professor of Spanish literature.
- scientist β an expert in science, especially one of the physical or natural sciences.
- surgeon β a physician who specializes in surgery.
- sawbones β a surgeon or physician.
- immure β to enclose within walls.