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 is correct in the assumption that the idea is to "confine" cyclists to their lane.
- Friend, seems strange to vulgar affections, and such as confine themselves within that Worldly principle, Charity begins at home.
- That a man should lay down his life for his friend seems strange to vulgar affections and such as confine themselves within that worldly principle, “Charity begins at home.”
- That a man should lay down his life for his Friend, seems strange to vulgar affections, and such as confine themselves within that Worldly principle, Charity begins at home.
- Indeed, it is nowadays oddly daring for a real artistic talent (that is, one properly attentive to considerations of language and truthfulness) to "confine" itself to this task.
- Calculations were based on the primary structural frame in both cases: HabiTek's post-and-beam steel frame; and for CMC, the concrete columns and beams used to "confine" masonry.
- He is every flabby inch the ramshackle roisterer, who announces the keynote of his unbuttoned, spilling-over performance in his spluttering rejection of the notion that he "confine"
- I thought we were doing quite well when we managed to reduce the whole house clutter to 2 bedrooms 'worth (or was it' confine 'rather than' reduce '?) … … Either way, I appreciate you more each time I read your blog, and extend thanks that you are so willing to share your life insights and experience.
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