1. quarantine - Noun
2. quarantine - Verb
3. Quarantine - Proper noun
A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMy dog was quarantined before he could live in England Source: Internet
"£50 airport test could be a game-changer" is the headline in the Daily Mail, as it reports on calls from the travel industry to shorten the quarantine period. Source: Internet
A 100-year-old man has died in a quarantine centre in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir but his COVID-19 test report has come negative, a senior government official said on Sunday. Source: Internet
Abbott also mandated a 14-day quarantine for road travelers arriving in Texas from any location in Louisiana. Source: Internet
A 27-year-old man who tested positive to coronavirus two weeks ago in Karonga district and was put in a quarantine center unit at Karonga district hospital has escaped from the facility to an unknown place. Source: Internet
ABERDEEN, HONG KONG — If there's one good thing to come of quarantine, it's that in our absence some timid pandas finally mated after 10 years. Source: Internet