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Confines

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Confines"

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Word	Definition
circumscribeverb	To limit narrowly; to restrict.
limitnoun	A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
restrictverb	To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
restrainverb	(transitive) To control or keep in check.
holdnoun	A grasp or grip.
encloseverb	(transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
detainverb	(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
trammelnoun	Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
hold inverb	(transitive) To keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping.
boundnoun	(often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
throttlenoun	A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
limitednoun	(rail transport) An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.
scopenoun	The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
endsnoun	(slang) Money.
frameworknoun	(software engineering) A reusable piece of code (and, sometimes, other utilities) providing a standard environment within which an application can be implemented.
capsnoun	Capital letters; capitals.
depthsnoun	(literary) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
bordersnoun	Scottish Borders
edgesnoun	(plural only, African-American Vernacular) The fine hairs at the edge of someone's (usually a black woman's) hairline; baby hairs.
wallsnoun	(US, slang) The vagina.