Engelsk ordbog
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Engelsk udsagnsord: confine | |||
| 1. | confine (om ændring) place limits on (extent or access) | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Restrict the use of this parking lot. Limit the time you can spend with your friends. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | bound, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | baffle, clamp down, constrain, constrain, crack down, cramp, cumber, draw a line, draw the line, encumber, gate, halter, hamper, harness, inhibit, mark off, mark out, reduce, regulate, rein, restrain, rule, stiffen, strangle, tie, tighten, tighten, tighten up | ||
| 2. | confine (om ændring) restrict or confine, | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I limit you to two visits to the pub a day. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | circumscribe, limit | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | decrease, lessen, minify | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | cap, content, curb, curtail, cut back, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, hold down, keep down, number, ration, restrict | ||
| 3. | confine (om relation) prevent from leaving or from being removed | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | hold back, keep, keep back, restrain | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | cabin, closet, coop in, coop up, lock, lock away, lock in, lock in, lock up, put away, seal in, shut away, shut up | ||
| 4. | confine (om tilstand) close in | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Darkness enclosed him. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | enclose, hold in | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s something | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | bear, carry, contain, hold | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | border, bound, box in, box up, embank, frame, rail, rail in | ||
| 5. | confine (om adfærd) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | They want to confine the prisoners | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | detain | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bind over, cage, cage in, gaol, immure, imprison, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, keep, keep in, lag, pin down, put away, put behind bars, remand, straiten, trap | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | free, loose, unloose, unloosen, liberate, release | ||
| 6. | confine (om relation) to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | This holds the local until the express passengers change trains. About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade. The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center. The terrorists held the journalists for ransom. | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | They want to confine the prisoners | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | hold, restrain | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | disable, disenable, incapacitate | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bind, enchain, fetter, fold, ground, impound, pen up, pinion, pound, pound, pound up, shackle, shackle, tie down, tie up, truss | ||
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