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confined Definition


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confine
verb confined, confining
    1. To restrict or limit.
      Thesaurus: circumscribe, inhibit, limit, restrict, bind, straitjacket.
    2. To prevent the spread of (eg a fire).
    3. To keep prisoner.
      Thesaurus: incarcerate, imprison, cage, detain, place under house arrest; Antonym: free.
    4. Said eg of ill health to restrict someone's movement.
      Example: Flu confined Yvonne to her bed for the whole week
Idiom: be confined
    Said of a woman: to be about to give birth.



confined
adj
    1. Narrow; restricted.


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