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  Confine \Con"fine\ (? or ?); 277), v. i.
     To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to
     touch; -- followed by on or with. [Obs.]
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           Where your gloomy bounds
           Confine with heaven.                     --Milton.
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           Bewixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place.
           Confining on all three.                  --Dryden.
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  Confine \Con"fine\, n.
     1. Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the
        plural.
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              Events that came to pass within the confines of
              Judea.                                --Locke.
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              And now in little space
              The confines met of empyrean heaven,
              And of this world.                    --Milton.
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              On the confines of the city and the Temple.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. Apartment; place of restraint; prison. [Obs.]
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              Confines, wards, and dungeons.        --Shak.
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              The extravagant and erring spirit hies
              To his confine.                       --Shak.
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  Confine \Con*fine"\ (k[o^]n*f[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Confined; p. pr. & vb. n. Confining.] [F. confiner to
     border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis
     boundary, end. See Final, Finish.]
     To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound;
     to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
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           Now let not nature's hand
           Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! --Shak.
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           He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
           the slavery of rhyme.                    --Dryden.
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     To be confined, to be in childbed.
  
     Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
          circumscribe; restrict.
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  Confine \Con"fine\ (? or ?); 277), v. i.
     To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to
     touch; -- followed by on or with. [Obs.]
  
           Where your gloomy bounds Confine with heaven. --Milton.
  
           Bewixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place.
           Confining on all three.                  --Dryden.

  Confine \Con"fine\, n.
     1. Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the
        plural.
  
              Events that came to pass within the confines of
              Judea.                                --Locke.
  
              And now in little space The confines met of empyrean
              heaven, And of this world.            --Milton.
  
              On the confines of the city and the Temple.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     2. Apartment; place of restraint; prison. [Obs.]
  
              Confines, wards, and dungeons.        --Shak.
  
              The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his
              confine.                              --Shak.

  Confine \Con*fine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confined; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Confining.] [F. confiner to border upon, LL.
     confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See
     Final, Finish.]
     To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound;
     to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
  
           Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined!
           let order die!                           --Shak.
  
           He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
           the slavery of rhyme.                    --Dryden.
  
     To be confined, to be in childbed.
  
     Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
          circumscribe; restrict.

  confine
       v 1: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a
            day" [syn: limit, circumscribe]
       2: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
          this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
          friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
           bound, throttle]
       3: prevent from leaving or from being removed
       4: close in or confine [syn: enclose, hold in]
       5: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: detain]
          [ant: free]
       6: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
          "This holds the local until the express passengers change
          trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the
          stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a
          detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists
          for ransom" [syn: restrain, hold]

  confine
     Ιταλικά n.
     σύνορο

  confine
     Italian n.
     1 border, frontier
     2 boundary
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la cōnfīnis  nom//acc//voc n s)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: confinar)

  confine
     n.
     1 (lb en mostly in the plural) A boundary or limit.
     2 (lb en poetic) confinement, imprisonment.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To have a common boundary (m en with); to border (m
  en on). (16th–19th c.)

  confine
     Italian n.
     1 border, frontier
     2 boundary
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la cōnfīnis  nom//acc//voc n s)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: confinar)

  confine
     Italian n.
     1 border, frontier
     2 boundary
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la cōnfīnis  nom//acc//voc n s)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: confinar)

  confine
     Englanti n.
     raja
     Englanti vb.
     eristää, padota, rajoittua, sulkea, vangita, rajoittaa

  confine
     Engelska vb.
     inspärra; begränsa, inskränka

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/
  begrens, bepaal, beperk

  Confine /kənfˈaɪn/
  الحدود

  confine //kənˈfaɪn// //ˈkɑnfaɪn// //ˈkɒnfaɪn// 
  граници, предел
  limit

  confine //kənˈfaɪn// //ˈkɑnfaɪn// //ˈkɒnfaɪn// 
  огранича́вам
  to restrict; to keep within bounds

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/ 
  zabránit

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/ 
  omezit

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/
  Grenze , Grenzstreifen 

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/
  
  περιστέλλω, περιορίζω

  confine //kənˈfaɪn// //ˈkɑnfaɪn// //ˈkɒnfaɪn// 
  raja
  limit

  confine //kənˈfaɪn// //ˈkɑnfaɪn// //ˈkɒnfaɪn// 
  rajoittaa, rajata
  to restrict; to keep within bounds

  confine /kənfain/
  limiter

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/ 
  1. सीमा
        "Sometimes Nature's secrets are beyond the confines of human understanding."

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/ 
  1. सीमाबद्ध~करना
        "His knowledge about theworld is confined to books only."

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/
  granice, međa, ograničiti, zarobiti, zatvoriti

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/
  1. szél
  2. határ
  3. határmezsgye
  4. korlát
  5. határvidék
  6. peremvidék
  7. választóvonal
  8. vég
  9. mezsgye
  10. börtön

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/
  limitare, restringere

  confine //kənˈfaɪn// //ˈkɑnfaɪn// //ˈkɒnfaɪn// 
  限る
  to restrict; to keep within bounds

  confine //kənˈfaɪn// //ˈkɑnfaɪn// //ˈkɒnfaɪn// 
  begrense
  to restrict; to keep within bounds

  confine /kənˈfaɪn/ 
   1.  ograniczać (to - do)
   2.  odosabniać, uwięzić (to - w)
   3.  confine oneself (confine V: PROREFL)
   - ograniczać się

  confine /kənfain/
  demarcar, limitar, restringir

  confine /kənfain/
  limitar

  confine //kənˈfaɪn// //ˈkɑnfaɪn// //ˈkɒnfaɪn// 
  begränsa, inskränka
  to restrict; to keep within bounds

  confine /kənfˈaɪn/
  1. kuşatmak
  2. hapsetmek
  3. evde veya yatakta tutmak
  4. sınırlamak, toplamak, hasretmek. confined  sınırlanmış
  5. loğusa halinde.

  confine //konˈfine// 
  край

  confine /konfˈine/
  Grenze, Schranke

  confine //konˈfine// 
  σύνορα

  confine /konfˈine/
  boundary, frontier, limit

  confine //konˈfine// 
  reuna

  confine //konˈfine// 
  padan

  confine //konˈfine// 
  境界

  confine //konˈfine// 
  riba

  confine //konˈfine// 
  rand

  confine //konˈfine// 
  granica

  confine //konˈfine// 
  borda

  confine //konˈfine// 
  грани́ца

  confine //konˈfine// 
  límite, barrera, confín

  confine //konˈfine// 
  gräns

  confine //konˈfine// 
  kenar

  
/kənˈfaɪn/

  192 Moby Thesaurus words for "confine":
     arena, arrest, bar, bastille, be into, be strong in, block,
     border line, bottle up, bound, boundary, boundary condition,
     boundary line, bounds, bourn, box, box in, box up, break boundary,
     breakoff point, cabin, cage, casket, ceiling, check, cincture,
     circumference, circumscribe, circumscription, cloister, close,
     closet, coffin, compass, condition, constrain, constrict, contain,
     container, contract, coop, coop in, coop up, copyright, cork up,
     court, courtyard, cramp, crib, curtilage, cutoff, cutoff point,
     deadline, delay, delimit, delimitate, delimitation,
     delimited field, detain, determinant, dimensions, diminish,
     discipline, division line, drag, draw in, draw the line, encage,
     encase, enclave, enclose, enclosure, end, entomb, extent,
     extremity, feature, fence in, field, finish, floor, frontier,
     go in, go in for, ground, hedge, hedge about, hem, hem in,
     high-water mark, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in custody,
     hold in restraint, hold up, immure, impede, impound, incarcerate,
     inhibit, interface, intern, jail, jug, keep back,
     keep from spreading, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention,
     keep within bounds, lag, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor,
     limits, line, line of demarcation, list, localize, low-water mark,
     lower limit, major in, make late, march, mark, mete, mew, mew up,
     minor in, moderate, narrow, obstruct, orbit, pale, paling, park,
     patent, pen, pen up, periphery, pound, precincts, prison, purlieus,
     pursue, purview, quad, quadrangle, qualify, quod, radius, rail in,
     reach, register, restrain, restrict, retard, scant, scope, seal up,
     shackle, shut in, shut up, slacken, slow down, snape, specialize,
     specialize in, square, start, starting line, starting point, stay,
     stint, stop, straiten, sweep, taper, target date, term,
     terminal date, terminus, theater, threshold, tighten,
     time allotment, toft, upper limit, wall in, yard
  
  

  v. 限制,闭居;

     vt. 限制,闭居,禁闭
     n. 边缘,范围,区域