| boom2 |
a floating enclosure, made of chains or ropes, that is used to confine floating objects such as boats and timber. [1/5 definitions] |
| bottleneck |
to impede or confine, or be hindered, as by a bottleneck. [1/4 definitions] |
| box1 |
to confine or contain within or as within a box. [1/9 definitions] |
| cabin |
to enclose or confine. [1/4 definitions] |
| cage |
a boxlike enclosure having some sections covered by wire or bars and used to confine and often to display animals or birds. [1/4 definitions] |
| chain |
to hold captive; confine. [1/9 definitions] |
| chamber |
to enclose or confine in or as if in a chamber. [1/6 definitions] |
| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. [1/3 definitions] |
| constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. [1/3 definitions] |
| coop |
to confine in or as in a coop (often fol. by "up"). [1/3 definitions] |
| crib |
to confine in, or as though in, a crib. [1/12 definitions] |
| fetter |
to place fetters on or otherwise restrain or confine. [1/3 definitions] |
| immure |
to confine within or as though within walls; shut in. [1/2 definitions] |
| impound |
to shut up or confine (an animal) in a pound. [2/3 definitions] |
| imprison |
to confine or restrict as though in a prison. [1/2 definitions] |
| incarcerate |
to confine in or as if in a prison; imprison. [1/2 definitions] |
| institutionalize |
to place or confine in an appropriate institution, esp. for treatment of physical or mental illness. [1/3 definitions] |
| intern1 |
to confine in a prison or camp, esp. during wartime. [1/2 definitions] |
| limit |
to put boundaries on or around; confine or restrict. [1/5 definitions] |
| localize |
to confine to a particular place. [1/2 definitions] |
| lock1 |
to confine or imprison (usu. fol. by "up or "in"). [1/10 definitions] |