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confining

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Main Entry: confine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose, limit

Synonyms:

bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, constrain, cool, cool down, cramp, delimit, detain, enslave, fix, hem in, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, ice*, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, put a lid on, put away, put on ice, repress, restrain, restrict, send up, shorten, shut up

Antonyms:

free, let go, liberate, release
Main Entry: confining
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: restricting

Synonyms:

bounding, detaining, enclosing, imprisoning, restraining
Main Entry: besiege
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surround; assault

Synonyms:

assail, attack, beleaguer, beset, blockade, come at from all sides, confine, congregate, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, invest, lay siege to, shut in, trap, work on, work over

Antonyms:

leave alone
Main Entry: bind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obligate; restrict

Synonyms:

compel, confine, constrain, detain, engage, enslave, force, hamper, hinder, hogtie, indenture, lock up, necessitate, oblige, prescribe, put half nelson on, put lock on, require, restrain, restrict, yoke

Antonyms:

allow, free, let, permit, set free
Main Entry: bound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: restrict

Synonyms:

circumscribe, confine, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, determine, encircle, enclose, hem in, limit, mark, mark out, measure, restrain, restrict, surround, terminate

Antonyms:

allow, let go, permit, unbind, unrestrict
Main Entry: box
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place in square or rectangular container

Synonyms:

case, confine, crate, encase, pack, package, wrap

Antonyms:

unbox
Main Entry: cage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold in enclosure

Synonyms:

close in, confine, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, mew, pen, restrain, shut in, shut up

Antonyms:

free, let go, let out, release
Main Entry: chain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manacle in metal

Synonyms:

attach, bind, confine, connect, enslave, fetter, handcuff, hold, moor, restrain, shackle, tether, tie up, trammel
Main Entry: circumscribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mark off, delimit

Synonyms:

bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel

Antonyms:

free, loose, open
Main Entry: close
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dense, cramped

Synonyms:

circumscribed, close-grained, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, narrow, packed, restricted, short, solid, substantial, thick, tight

Antonyms:

loose, open, uncramped
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