All restrict synonyms

verb restrict

• fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
• interning — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• hold down — 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.
• hook up — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• forfend — to defend, secure, or protect.
• lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
• hogtie — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
• boxed in — simple past tense and past participle of box in.
• corking — excellent
• forbid — to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
• abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
• girdled — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• intermitted — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• cinching — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
• dummy up — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
• immobilize — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
• dry up — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
• wedged — having the shape of a wedge.
• dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
• mew — a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
• incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
• lay over — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
• backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• gluing — a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
• bitted — Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
• mure — Obsolete. a wall.
• conscripted — enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
• ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
• fringing — a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
• come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
• corner — A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
• mures — a river in SE central Europe, flowing W from the Carpathian Mountains in central Romania to the Tisza River in S Hungary. 400 miles (645 km) long.
• hobble — to walk lamely; limp.
• backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
• hold over — 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.
• filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
• co-oped — a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• bleep — A bleep is a short, high-pitched sound, usually one of a series, that is made by an electrical device.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• cool down — If someone cools down or if you cool them down, they become less angry than they were.
• girdling — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.