CONFINE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of CONFINE is something (such as borders or walls) that encloses; also : something that restrains How to use confine in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Confine
CONFINE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict She confined her remarks to errors in the report Confine your efforts to finishing the book to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days
confine verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of confine verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [often passive] to keep somebody something inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc synonym restrict be confined to (doing) something The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area
confine verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of confine verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary confine somebody something to something [often passive] to keep someone or something inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc synonym restrict The work will not be confined to the Cleveland area
Confine Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary CONFINE meaning: 1 : to keep (someone or something) within limits to prevent (someone or something) from going beyond a particular limit, area, etc usually + to; 2 : to keep (a person or animal) in a place (such as a prison) usually used as (be) confined often + to or in
Confine - definition of confine by The Free Dictionary To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand See Synonyms at limit 2 To shut or keep in, especially to imprison 3 To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed [French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries; see confines ] con·fin′er n
confine - Wiktionary, the free dictionary confine (third-person singular simple present confines, present participle confining, simple past and past participle confined) To have a common boundary with; to border on [16th–19th c ]