confine
v 1: place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot"
[syn: {restrict}, {restrain}, {trammel}, {limit}, {bound},
{throttle}]
2: restrict or confine, as to area, extent, time, etc. [syn: {limit},
{circumscribe}]
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}]