Confines synonyms
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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:
boundary (related)
(Cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
size (related)
The actual state of affairs:
territory (related)
Any specified area or region
Plural form of dimension
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Surroundings; environment.
open (antonym)
Any of various tournaments, esp. in golf or tennis, open to both professionals and amateurs
To insert into the same envelope or package:
To stop the movement or progress of:
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
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(Obs.) To withhold
To confine; restrain; restrict
To restrain or secure with a tether.
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
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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
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
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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.
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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.
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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:
frees (antonym)
To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear:
releases (antonym)
Release is defined as to set free or to relieve.
defines (related)
To specify distinctly:
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separates (related)
To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
hinders (related)
To hinder is defined as to restrain or hold something back.
edges (related)
A rim or brink:
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