place in quarantine
1quarantine — [kwôr′ən tēn, kwär′ən tēn΄] n. [It quarantina, lit., space of forty days < quaranta, forty < L quadraginta < base of quattuor,FOUR] 1. a) the period, orig. 40 days, during which an arriving vessel suspected of carrying contagious disease …
2quarantine — n. 1) to impose, institute a quarantine 2) to lift a quarantine 3) strict quarantine 4) in, under quarantine (to place under quarantine) * * * [ kwɒrəntiːn] institute a quarantine under quarantine (to place under quarantine) in strict quarantine …
3quarantine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. detention, detainment, restraint, confinement, seclusion, segregation, sequestration, isolation; cordon sanitaire. v. t. detain, segregate, separate, isolate, sequester. See exclusion. II (Roget s IV) …
4quarantine — n. time for which, and place where, ships, persons or animals suspected of infection are isolated; v.t. place in quarantine …
5Quarantine — Quar an*tine, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadragesima}.] 1. A space of forty days; used of Lent. [1913… …
6Quarantine flag — Quarantine Quar an*tine, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadragesima}.] 1. A space of forty days; used of Lent.… …
7quarantine — I noun confinement, custody, detachment, medical segregation, period of detention, period of isolation, restraint of movement, sanitary cordon, seclusion, segregation, separation, strict isolation II index captivity, confine, constraint… …
8Quarantine — Quar an*tine , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarantined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarantining}.] To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine. [1913… …
9quarantine station — place where someone or something is held in isolation until it is certain they carry no diseases or other contaminants …
10quarantine — quarantinable, adj. quarantiner, n. /kwawr euhn teen , kwor , kwawr euhn teen , kwor /, n., v., quarantined, quarantining. n. 1. a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease. 2. a period, originally 40 days, of detention or… …
