to confine
21confine — verb (T) 1 LIMIT to keep someone or something within the limits of a particular activity or subject; restrict: be confined to: The police cadet s duties were confined to taking statements from the crowd. | a former editor now confined to… …
22confine — 01. The prisoners were [confined] to their cells after an inmate was found murdered. 02. A medical team has successfully [confined] the disease to one village. 03. At the present time, the conflict seems to be [confined] to the area around the… …
23confine — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French confines, plural, from Latin confine border, from neuter of confinis adjacent, from com + finis end Date: 15th century 1. plural a. something (as borders or walls) that… …
24confine — verb ADVERB ▪ entirely, exclusively, solely, strictly, totally ▪ increasingly ▪ essentially, largely, mainly …
25confine — con|fine [ kən faın ] verb transitive * 1. ) usually passive to force someone to stay in a place and prevent them from leaving: Many prisoners are confined to their cells for long periods of time. a ) to make someone stay in a place because they… …
26confine — , confinis L. adjoining. 1) Geographical distribution overlapping that of another species. Deschampsia confinis, Poa confinis 2) growing gregariously. Andropogon confinis, Arundinella confinis, Calamagrostis confinis, Hyparrhenia confinis …
27confine — confinable, confineable, adj. confineless, adj. confiner, n. /keuhn fuyn / for 1, 2, 5, 6; /kon fuyn/ for 3, 4, v., confined, confining, n. v.t. 1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report.… …
28confine to — phr verb Confine to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fact, ↑region …
29confine — {{hw}}{{confine}}{{/hw}}s. m. 1 Linea che circoscrive una proprietà immobiliare o il territorio di uno Stato o di una regione. 2 (est.) Termine, fine, limite: i confini del mondo | Senza confini, illimitato. 3 Pietra, sbarra, cippo usati per… …
30confine someone/thing to — keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time). → confine …
