confined

con·fine  (kn-fn)

v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines

v.tr.

1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit.

2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.

3. To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed.

v.intr. Archaic

To border.

n. (knfn)

1. confines

a. The limits of a space or area; the borders: within the confines of one county.

b. Restraining elements: wanted to escape the confines of corporate politics.

c. Purview; scope: a theory that is well within the confines of science.

2.

a. Archaic A restriction.

b. Obsolete A prison.

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[French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries, ultimately from Latin cnfne, from neuter of cnfnis, adjoining : com-, com- + fnis, border.]

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con·fina·ble, con·finea·ble adj.

con·finer n.

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confined [kənˈfaɪnd]

adj

1. enclosed or restricted; limited

2. (Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) in childbed; undergoing childbirth

confinedly  [kənˈfaɪnɪdlɪ] adv

confinedness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	confined - not invading healthy tissue invasive - marked by a tendency to spread especially into healthy tissue; "invasive cancer cells"
	2.	confined - not free to move about unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will restricted - subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance" unconfined - not confined
	3.	confined - being in captivity captive, imprisoned, jailed unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will

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confined

adjective restricted, small, limited, narrow, enclosed, cramped His long legs were cramped in the confined space.

Translations

confined [kənˈfaɪnd] ADJ → reducido
a confined space → un espacio reducido

confined [kənˈfaɪnd] adj [space] → restreint(e), réduit(e)

confined

adj space → beschränkt, begrenzt; atmosphere → beengend

confined [kənˈfaɪnd] adj (space) → ristretto/a
a confined space → uno spazio ristretto