adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of confine form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Not free to move.

   "Mia was confined to her bedroom after suffering a broken leg."

2. 2
   Limited; narrow; restricted.
3. 3
   In a childbed. idiomatic

Adjective

1. 1
   not free to move about wordnet
2. 2
   being in captivity wordnet
3. 3
   not invading healthy tissue wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

imprisonedsnowboundangustifoliateangustirostrateangustisellateangustiseptal

Antonyms

All antonyms

invasiveunconfined

Example

More examples

"The prince was confined in the castle for three years."

Related phrases

confined space

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