Synset

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 1

confine

constrain

hold

restrain

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

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Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hold hold

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

restrainer restraint

semantic pointers

hypernym

disable, incapacitate, disenable

hyponym

tie up, bind, tie down, truss fetter, shackle enchain pinion, shackle impound, pound pound, pound up pen up, fold ground