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] |