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English verb: detain | |||
| 1. | detain (social) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | ||
| Examples | They want to detain the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | confine | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | 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 | ||
| Antonyms | free, loose, unloose, unloosen, liberate, release | ||
| 2. | detain (change) stop or halt | ||
| Samples | Please stay the bloodshed!. | ||
| Synonyms | delay, stay | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | check, delay, retard | ||
| 3. | detain (change) cause to be slowed down or delayed | ||
| Samples | Traffic was delayed by the bad weather. She delayed the work that she didn't want to perform. | ||
| Synonyms | delay, hold up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buy time, catch, stall, stonewall | ||
| Antonyms | hurry, rush | ||
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