confined

Speech parts

1. confined - Adjective

2. confined - Verb

4. confined - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Confine

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

imprisoned limited contained narrow captive circumscribed restricted trapped enclosed detained jailed incarcerated strait isthmian pokey
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Antonyms

invasive unconfined other free stone infinite
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Phrases with the word

confined to bed confined space be confined confined on the whole to confined to a large extent to confined in great measure to

Examples

A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space. Gloria Steinem

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Joseph Addison

And yet I would not freely exchange my science for those of my fellow laureates. They are forever confined in their professional discussions to the small numbers of their fellow scientists. George Stigler

If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression. Toni Morrison

The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass to their daily affairs and experience to what they have an opportunity to know, and motives to study or practise. The rest is affectation and imposture. William Hazlitt

An aged steed confined to the stable still aspires after the glory of galloping a thousand miles. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

confine someone confine to confineable confined in great measure confined in great measure to confined on the whole