confine
IPA: kʌnfˈaɪn
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) A boundary or limit.
- (poetic) Confinement, imprisonment.
verb
- (obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on.
- (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
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Examples of "confine" in Sentences
- He confined the ranges.
- The option confined their choices.
- The show was confined to the studio.
- All the flux is confined to the core.
- The activity was confined to schedule.
- Halon is mildly toxic in confined spaces.
- He was fettered and placed in solitary confinement.
- The elephant is confined to the terai and the foothills.
- The problem of osteoporosis is confined to the skeleton.
- It is entirely immortal within the confines of the universe.