confined
confined
adj. 1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; -- usually a building. Opposite of unconfined. [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining; homebound, housebound, shut-in; in childbed(prenominal); pent, shut up(predicate); snowbound; weather-bound; stormbound, storm-bound][WordNet 1.5]
2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or restraint.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor area; -- of animals.
Syn. -- fenced in, penned.
[WordNet 1.5]
4.
(Med.) not invading healthy tissue.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. held prisoner.
Syn. -- captive, imprisoned, jailed.
[WordNet 1.5]
6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area; as, an outbreak of the plague
confined to one quarter of the city; wildfires
confined to within the canyon.
[PJC]
New - Add Dictionary Search to Your Site
You can add a free dictionary search box to your own web site by copying and pasting the following HTML into one of your web pages:
<form action="http://www.freedict.co.uk/search.php" method="post"> <p style="text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif;"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.freedict.co.uk/" title="FreeDict free online dictionary">FreeDict</a> <input type="text" name="word" size="20" value="" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Search Dictionary" /> </p> </form>
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Fri 15th January 2021