confine

confined confining confines
Verb
1. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
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2. place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
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3. prevent from leaving or from being removed
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4. close in or confine
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5. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
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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"
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