Confined definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONFI'NED, pp. Restrained within ... move about [ant: unconfined] 3: being in captivity [syn: captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1772 undergoing childbirth ... 1913 Dictionary Confine Con*fine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confined; p. pr. & vb. n. Confining.] [F. confiner to border upon ... Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! --Shak. He is to confine himself to ... of numbers and the slavery of rhyme. --Dryden. To be confined, to be in childbed. Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison ... circumscribe; restrict. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that ...
To be confined definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Confine Con*fine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confined; p. pr. & vb. n. Confining.] [F. confiner to border upon ... Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! --Shak. He is to confine himself to ... of numbers and the slavery of rhyme. --Dryden. To be confined, to be in childbed. Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison ...
... parts firmly adhering; viscous; tenacious; as oil, or glue. 4. Confined; stagnant; without ventilation or motion; as close air. 5. Confined; retired. While David kept himself close. 1 Chronicles 12. 6 ... to keep a purpose close. Numbers 5. Luke 9. 7. Confined within narrow limits; narrow; as a close alley. 8. Near ... question. 16. Pressing; earnest; warm; as a close debate. 17. Confined; secluded from communication; as a close prisoner. 18. Covetous; penurious ... relaxing, occasioning a sense of lassitude and depression. Perhaps originally, confined air. 20. Strictly adhering to the original; as a close ... with a very tight weave" [syn: close, tight] 10: strictly confined or guarded; "kept under close custody" 11: confined to ...
... Newman > 2. a. archaic restriction b. obsolete prison II. verb (confined; confining) Date: 1523 intransitive verb archaic border transitive verb 1 ... within the confines of the town). Phrases and idioms: be confined be in childbirth. Etymology: (v.) f. F confiner, (n.) ME ... 1913 Dictionary Confine Con*fine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confined; p. pr. & vb. n. Confining.] [F. confiner to border upon ... Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! --Shak. He is to confine himself to ... of numbers and the slavery of rhyme. --Dryden. To be confined, to be in childbed. Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison ... immure; inclose; circumscribe; restrict. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (confines confining, confined) 1. To confine something to a particular place or ...
... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: being in captivity [syn: captive, confined, imprisoned, jailed] 2: giving or marked by complete attention to ... engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped] n 1: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war [syn: prisoner, captive] 2: an animal that is confined 3: a person held in the grip of a strong ... if a prisoner of war b. (1) kept within bounds ; confined (2) of or relating to captive animals < captive breeding > 2 ... a person or animal that has been taken prisoner or confined. --adj. 1 a taken prisoner. b kept in confinement or ... Job 42:10 the figurative use of the idea is confined to the New Testament, where reference is made to ...
bedridden definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed ... English bedrede, bedreden, from Old English bedreda, from bedreda one confined to bed, from bedd bed + -rida, -reda, from r?dan ... to ride — more at bed, ride Date: before 12th century confined (as by illness) to bed Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 confined to bed by infirmity. 2 decrepit. Etymology: OE bedreda f ... pettiriso, G. bettrise. See Bed, n., and Ride, v. i. ] Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. ``Her decrepit, sick ... bedridden patients. ADJ Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Confined to bed.
... band,or by chains or fetters; obliged by moral ties; confined; restrained. 1. As a participle or perhaps more properly an ... as in ice-bound, wind-bound, when a ship is confined or prevented from sailing by ice or by contrary winds. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant: unbound] 2: held ... 8: bound by contract [syn: apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured] 9: confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly" n ... 2. a. fastened by or as if by a band ; confined < desk-bound > b. very likely ; sure < bound to rain soon ... collateral, collected, committed, compass, compelled, compromised, conclusive, condition, conditioned, confine, confined, confines, congested, conjoined, conjugate, connected, constipated, constrained, contain, contracted, ...
... s 1828 Dictionary PENT, pp. of pen. Shut up; closely confined. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: closely confined [syn: pent, shut up] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: probably ... of obsolete English pend to confine Date: 1550 shut up ; confined, repressed < a pent crowd > < pent-up feelings > Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. (often foll. by in, up) closely confined; shut in (pent up feelings). Etymology: past part. of pend ... or a. [From Pen, v. t.] Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. Here in the body pent. --J. Montgomery ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary PRIS'ONER, n. One who is confined in a prison by legal arrest or warrant. 1. A ... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war [syn: prisoner, captive] Merriam Webster ... criminal charge and on trial. 3 a person or thing confined by illness, another's grasp, etc. 4 (in full prisoner ... see CONSCIENCE. prisoner of State (or State prisoner) a person confined for political reasons. prisoner's base a game played by ... Pris"on*er, n. [F. prisonnier.] 1. One who is confined in a prison. --Piers Plowman. 2. A person under arrest ...
... without a democratical branch in the constitution. 4. Not imprisoned, confined or under arrest; as, the prisoner is set free. 5 ... rhetoric > — often used in combination < error-free > b. not bound, confined, or detained by force 4. a. having no trade restrictions ... not fastened < the free end of the rope > b. not confined to a particular position or place < in twelve-tone music ... unrestricted, unimpeded; not restrained or fixed. b at liberty; not confined or imprisoned. c released from ties or duties; unimpeded. d ... from the control of parents, guardian, or master. 4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go ...
... liberal or bountiful; as a narrow heart. 4. Contracted; of confined views or sentiments; very limited. The greatest understanding is narrow ... of small width in proportion to length; lacking breadth. b confined or confining; constricted (within narrow bounds). 2 of limited scope ... limited; circumscribed. The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world. --Bp. Wilkins. 3 ... I. a. 1. Of little breadth. 2. Contracted, circumscribed, limited, confined, straitened, cramped, pinched, scanty, incapacious. 3. Limited, straitened, pinched, scanty ... fitting, closed, coarct, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, condition, conditioned, confine, confined, confining, conscientious, consolidate, consonant, consonantal, constrict, constricted, constringe, contain, continuant ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary UNCONFI'NED, a. 1. Not confined; free from restraint; free from control. 2. Having no limits ... illimitable; unbounded. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: not confined [ant: confined] 2: free from confinement or physical restraint [syn: unconfined, unimprisoned] Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. not confined; boundless. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Unrestrained, uncontrolled ...
... keep bed, to remain in bed without rising; to be confined to one's bed. To keep house, to maintain a ... keep house. 1. To remain in the house; to be confined. His feeble health obliges him to keep house. To keep ... To keep up, to remain unsubdued; or not to be confined to one's bed. In popular language, this word signifies ... To keep up, to remain unsubdued; also, not to be confined to one's bed. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Keep Keep ...
... the message given them to deliver. Some were wanderers; others confined themselves to their own community. They were responsible to no ... appeared within the church from its beginning. Nor were they confined to communities of Jewish Christians; prophecy appeared spontaneously wherever Christianity ... Silas in Jerusalem (Ac 15:32). Nor was the "gift" confined to men; women prophesied--the four daughters of Philip among ... the organization of the whole church, and the membership was confined to the bishops of the several churches included within the ...