Confines Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Confines
The area along a boundary; the margin.
Plural form of proportion
Selection, array.
(Geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
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A portion of the earth's surface distinguished from others by some characteristic:
The land of a person's birth or citizenship:
The surface features of an area of land; topography:
Plural form of dimension
Surroundings; environment.
To insert into the same envelope or package:
To stop the movement or progress of:
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To hold back from action; check; suppress; curb
To lessen the speed of (an engine, vehicle, etc.) by this or similar means; slow (down)
To confine, restrain, or shackle
(Obs.) To withhold
To confine; restrain; restrict
To restrain or secure with a tether.
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Shorten is defined as to reduce in length, to roll in sail canvas or to add shortening to a pastry.
To restrict, confine, or hamper.
To get hold or possession of; obtain; acquire
To prevent or limit the synthesis of (a protein).
To put or maintain in order:
To bind fast or hold down; shackle.
To confine or enclose in or as in a pen
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To keep from going in or out by or as by means of a lock; shut (up, in or out); confine
To maintain records in:
To put or keep in or as in jail
To intern is defined as to detain and keep someone or something from moving.
To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.
To put or keep in prison; jail
To touch or reach the ground.
Demarcate is defined as to separate or set clear boundaries.
To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp.
To keep in a coop.
To keep within certain limits; confine or limit:
To keep in a cage.
To put a border on something.
To hold or restrain by tying with rope or bonds:
To shut up in a private room for confidential discussion
To divide or separate with or as if with a wall. Often used with off:
To fasten with or as with a bar
A West Indian dance in which the dancers repeatedly bend over backward and pass under a pole that is lowered slightly with each pass.
The border or limit so indicated.
A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Limitation; restriction; restraint
The ultimate extent; the very limit:
Antonyms for Confines
Any of various tournaments, esp. in golf or tennis, open to both professionals and amateurs
To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear:
Release is defined as to set free or to relieve.
Words Related to Confines
(Cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
The actual state of affairs:
Any specified area or region
To specify distinctly:
To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
To hinder is defined as to restrain or hold something back.
A rim or brink:
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