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confine: prevent from leaving or from being removed; deprive of freedom; take into confinement

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courtyard collapse

container collapse: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

casket collapse: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables; enclose in a casket

specialize in collapse

entomb collapse

localize collapse: restrict something to a particular area; concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"

enclave collapse: an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

encase collapse: enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud"

draw the line collapse: reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"

go in for collapse

jug collapse: a large bottle with a narrow mouth; the quantity contained in a jug; stew in an earthenware jug; "jug the rabbit"

quadrangle collapse

fence in collapse

incarcerate collapse

delimitation collapse

high water mark collapse

cincture collapse

straiten collapse: squeeze together

manacle collapse: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

immure collapse

specialize collapse: become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"; suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"; devote oneself to a special area of work; "She specializes in honey bees"; "This plumber specialized in jacuzzis"

imprison collapse: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"; confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

hem in collapse: surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"

delimit collapse

bastille collapse: a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner); a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution

nullify collapse

limen collapse

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

impound collapse: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"; take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

circumscribe collapse: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"; to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

deadline collapse: the point in time at which something must be completed

target date collapse

wall in collapse: enclose with a wall

prison collapse: a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment; a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

cage collapse: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept; the net that is the goal in ice hockey; United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992); something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement; confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"

box in collapse: enclose or confine as if in a box

seal up collapse

constrict collapse: become tight or as if tight; "Her throat constricted"

cutoff collapse: a device that terminates the flow in a pipe; a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

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