confine
🇺🇸
/kənˈfaɪn/
🇬🇧
/kənˈfaɪn/
verb
C1
to keep someone or something within certain limits
Please confine your comments to the main topic.
C1
to keep a person or animal in a closed space
The zookeepers must confine the animals safely at night.
R
to have to stay in bed or a chair due to illness
After surgery, she had to confine herself to bed for two weeks.
translation
to keep someone or something within certain limits; to keep a person or animal in a closed space; to have to stay in bed or a chair due to illness
Word Forms
3rd Present
confines
Past
confined
Perfect
confined
Progressive
confining