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What is another word for
confine
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Verb
To imprison or incarcerate someone
To enclose or hem in (on all sides)
To confine or keep within certain limits or boundaries
To keep within certain limits
To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.
To crush by being too tight, such as a foot by a shoe
To become or make less wide
To make or become rigidly fixed or immovable
Make legally null and void
To reduce (something) in extent or quantity
To cover an opening
To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
Be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
To squeeze or pack tightly into a small or restricted space
Noun
A boundary or limit
The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant
The action of fixing the boundary or limits of something
A pen for livestock, especially cattle or horses, on a farm or ranch
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▲
Verb
▲
To imprison or incarcerate someone
imprison
incarcerate
intern
immure
detain
impound
gaol
UK
jail
US
cage
trap
jug
restrain
commit
bind
coop
bar
enslave
quarantine
sequester
crib
lock up
hold captive
put away
shut up
coop up
wall in
lock in
send up
put on ice
hog-tie
wall up
clip someone's wings
hold
put behind bars
pen
put under lock and key
fence in
take into custody
hold prisoner
put inside
shut in
send down
keep
arrest
take prisoner
put in prison
bang up
lock away
constrain
remand
put in jail
enclose
send to prison
hem in
put in chains
clap in irons
close in
capture
hold in custody
bastille
rail in
pen in
shut away
put into detention
mew up
pull in
apprehend
keep under lock and key
seize
nab
bust
corral
collar
institutionalize
US
consign
pick up
seclude
railroad
book
stockade
box in
institutionalise
UK
hedge in
take away
ice
put in irons
throw in jail
take in
keep in custody
kettle
run down
prison
sentence
can
pound
restrict
mew
house
catch
slough
settle
throw in dungeon
inter
cloister
entomb
wall
throw the book at
throw away the keys
put into irons
throw into irons
keep under constraint
take captive
throw book at
cage in
corner
send up the river
put the cuffs on
deliver
send
assign
hold under custody
keep under custody
certify
drive into a corner
pin down
put in custody
withhold
take
nail
cop
do
buttonhole
nick
pinch
reserve
mire
haul in
place in custody
circumscribe
trammel
put into custody
feel your collar
remand in custody
run in
closet
bottle up
detain at Her Majesty's pleasure
hold hostage
keep captive
bag
grab
hook
lay hold of
net
ensnare
land
lift
secure
get
snag
nobble
prehend
snare
abduct
glom
round up
snap up
bring in
place under arrest
snatch
stop
appropriate
entrap
grapple
rap
carry off
take hostage
take in for questioning
reel in
handcuff
kidnap
take hold of
take possession of
take downtown
beach
grab hold of
lasso
entangle
put in solitary
get one's fingers on
pounce on
roust
pull
tree
get hold of
toss in jail
lay hands on
put the arm on
get a hold of
more ❯
“There is a danger that his enemies will
confine
him in prison most of his life, and it will cause him to be poor, gloomy and despondent.”
Verb
▲
To enclose or hem in (on all sides)
enclose
encircle
surround
circumscribe
encompass
bound
ring
compass
gird
corral
kettle
fix
hurdle
straiten
constrain
hinder
shut in
hem in
fence in
box in
close in
hedge in
mew up
pen in
rail in
box up
pen up
hold back
wall in
pen
cage
envelop
encase
hedge
immure
girdle
circle
inclose
lock in
coop up
impound
coop
environ
imprison
house
fence
encage
closet
blockade
border
fringe
mew
shut up
include
skirt
lock up
wreathe
edge
limit
cut off
engird
embrace
enfold
restrict
trap
hem
contain
wall
mure
round
pound
intern
seal off
block off
jail
US
restrain
gaol
UK
circumvent
cover
beset
enwreath
rim
fence off
cordon off
form a barrier round
form a ring around
shut off
beleaguer
rail
hold
orbit
invest
circuit
delimit
box
loop
besiege
circumnavigate
siege
outline
cincture
isolate
barricade
begird
verge
flank
bottle up
mew in
wall off
go around
close in on
lay siege to
cage in
belt
put inside
close off
seal up
incarcerate
contract
crib
bind
enshroud
entrap
block
leaguer
shut
seal
lock
sequester
band
cloister
seclude
keep within bounds
insulate
enring
come at from all sides
form a ring round
move around
gird in
shut away
hold captive
ring in
seal in
close up
keep under lock and key
keep
case
capture
wrap
cocoon
demarcate
establish
sheathe
determine
specify
sheath
delineate
hold in
distinguish
set
prescribe
demark
swathe
enwrap
encapsulate
mark
terminate
define
wrap up
mark off
curb
lay down
set the limits of
set the boundaries of
stake out
set out
set bounds to
mark out
margin
enwreathe
throng
enclave
ring round
close around
frame
drape
involve
shroud
go round
embower
swaddle
cloak
girt
girth
line
enwind
veil
engirdle
bower
circumfuse
circulate
mantle
fold
enswathe
embosom
lap
revolve round
travel round
clothe
trim
revolve
engulf
bosom
twine
bandage
mask
immerse
envelope
muffle
roll
pall
comprise
obnubilate
revolve around
wind
circle round
incorporate
embody
comprehend
subsume
bundle up
roll up
consist of
take in
engross
span
be made up of
be composed of
tie
be bounded by
close
lace
furl
tour
coil
circumduct
ensphere
entwine
coil around
form a barrier around
wrap around
mount
writhe around
wheel
circumambulate
go
travel
conceal
frame in
set in a frame
pave
move round
turn round
rotate round
pivot round
pack
bundle
inwrap
package
carry
entail
number
press
grab
cinch
clinch
constitute
protect
infold
guard
fly around
travel around
sail around
fly round
spin round
whirl round
comprise of
have
amount to
account for
sail round
gift-wrap
bear hug
mob
crowd
muster
crowd round
set upon
swarm round
throng round
fall upon
more ❯
“They were able to forbid processions by employing troops and police to
confine
the demonstrations within very narrow limits.”
Verb
▲
To confine or keep within certain limits or boundaries
restrict
constrain
fetter
hinder
limit
stymie
cap
check
circumscribe
constrict
curb
hamper
impede
inhibit
obstruct
restrain
bridle
delimit
encumber
hamstring
handicap
hobble
slow
tie
trammel
thwart
hold down
keep within the limits of
not allow to go beyond
narrow down
shackle
hold
cramp
hold back
interfere with
handcuff
control
clog
bind
chain
block
manacle
hog-tie
retard
repress
secure
hold up
straiten
tether
enchain
embarrass
regulate
bar
tie up
short-circuit
stifle
gyve
suppress
pinion
enfetter
contain
govern
frustrate
tame
rein in
pull in
hold in
chain up
fasten
incarcerate
imprison
measure
intern
rule
keep
rope
immure
choke
cuff
jail
US
cork
withhold
gaol
UK
cumber
capture
hem in
arrest
keep down
trap
moderate
tie someone's hands
stop
cramp someone's style
bottle up
keep lid on
brake
put half nelson on
keep back
put in irons
slow down
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
hitch
immobilize
US
leash
temper
mitigate
lash
truss
pin down
attach
calm
put straitjacket on
hang up
throw monkey wrench in
quell
moor
tie down
modulate
ease
press down
hold fast
pin
relieve
subdue
forestall
immobilise
UK
truss up
enthrall
US
enthral
UK
tone down
disrupt
catch
smother
cool
indenture
beslave
bethrall
ensnare
enmesh
net
snag
keep under control
keep in check
gain mastery over
keep a tight rein on
simmer down
gain control over
set limits on
impose limits on
enslave
occlude
reduce to slavery
condemn to servitude
condemn to slavery
sell into slavery
subject to forced labour
jam
clot
close
congest
stuff
stall
postpone
barricade
block up
detain
foil
retardate
derail
clap
halt
defer
prevent
interrupt
pause
protract
cripple
blockade
stop up
stem
gum up
dam
plug up
baulk
UK
remit
shelve
crimp
prorogue
deter
clap in irons
clog up
bung up
intermit
put off
delay
bring to screeching halt
close off
stave off
make late
put back
shut off
get in the way of
shut down
back off
bog down
slow up
hold off on
choke off
put a brake on
prolong
set back
take down
stand in the way of
hold over
rein
put in chains
ban
lock in
deny
concuss
coop up
fence in
shut in
deprive
shotgun
disallow
close in
necessitate
balk
US
lock up
cool off
more ❯
“Some of the greatest English sonneteers have felt the laws of the Italian sonnet
confine
their freedom of thought and expression unduly.”
Verb
▲
To keep within certain limits
restrict
limit
circumscribe
delimit
cap
bound
constrain
control
demarcate
regulate
fix
demark
delimitate
contain
prelimit
tether
keep within bounds
impose limits on
keep within limits
set limits on
keep under control
pin down
put a ceiling on
keep a tight rein on
restrain
curb
check
peg
hold down
terminate
straiten
hold
cramp
set
arrest
freeze
inhibit
set a limit on
mothball
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
keep down
hold up
concentrate
isolate
focus
narrow
pinpoint
localize
US
center
US
centre
UK
localise
UK
bar
stop from spreading
trammel
bridle
constrict
hinder
fetter
govern
prescribe
specify
cork
hamper
girdle
define
hem in
hold in check
tie down
place a limit on
mark off
put a brake on
draw the line on
keep the lid on
bottle up
suppress
impede
repress
stifle
moderate
smother
tame
curtail
keep
gag
measure
muzzle
rule
rein in
keep in check
choke back
handicap
bind
hobble
shackle
dampen
cool
stay
stem
kill
cramp someone's style
rein back
sit on
bring under control
pull in
crack down
box up
pull back
keep in line
keep in
retard
muffle
subdue
strangle
discipline
deter
entrammel
withhold
hold in
put a limit on
box in
cut back
keep lid on
bite back
cool down
put the brakes on
cool off
keep tight rein on
bring to screeching halt
hold back
fight back
tie up
stem the flow of
button up
keep a lid on
slow down
keep back
more ❯
Verb
▲
To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.
seclude
isolate
separate
sequester
segregate
insulate
quarantine
withdraw
cloister
closet
screen
remove
hide
retire
blockade
conceal
cover
evict
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
boycott
embargo
enclose
immure
cut off
keep apart
shut off
keep away
pull out
split off
shut away
detach
close off
set apart
cordon off
seal off
block off
sequestrate
retreat
shelter
withdraw from the world
cordon
divorce
cocoon
alienate
exclude
distance
restrict access
disconnect
break up
disunite
estrange
sever
rope off
fence off
sunder
island
keep out
screen off
part
split up
divide
abstract
disengage
partition off
curtain off
tape off
keep in solitude
form a ring around
put a cordon sanitaire around
dissociate
disassociate
split
decouple
disjoin
uncouple
close
unlink
unyoke
disjoint
sort out
sift
dissever
resolve
ramify
separate out
distinguish
block
barricade
seal
disaffiliate
filter out
put to one side
free
unhitch
separate off
unfasten
shut
disentangle
unfix
divide off
tape
sift out
single out
dismount
weed out
set aside
section off
break off
protect
partition
put at a distance
shield
differentiate
bar
rope
extract
loosen
disaffect
winnow
unhook
undo
select
loose
choose
antagonize
US
alien
sour
disgruntle
sort
fence
leave
unbutton
disband
drive apart
turn away
disassemble
tear off
set against
break away
wean
antagonise
UK
set at odds
avoid
break with
withdraw from
take apart
draw back
make unfriendly
push away
turn off
set at variance
make hostile to
drive a wedge between
get rid of
turn your back on
shut in
separate the wheat from the chaff
mark off
move away
demarcate
mark
rend
untether
maroon
section
sieve
strand
cull
extricate
unclasp
disrupt
scatter
dissolve
unbuckle
unbolt
encircle
unmarry
surround
unpin
dam
unzip
untie
shy
break
break apart
put away
ferret out
identify
impede
cushion
unsnap
unclick
curtain
dichotomize
diverge
factionalize
unbridle
defend
make hostile
withhold
clog
clip off
chop off
hack off
nip off
pull off
prune off
save
branch
splinter
strip off
safeguard
lose
break from
keep on one side
keep safe
place far off
walk away
keep at arm's length
winnow out
dissatisfy
disillusion
disunify
disenchant
divert
go separate ways
ghettoize
US
rip off
ghettoise
UK
treat
wad
inlay
fill
coat
keep from harm
line
drive away
delink
seclude oneself
enisle
secrete
isolate oneself
thresh
set at odds with
cause antagonism between
burn your bridges
sow dissension between
put on the outs
destroy the affections of
sever connections between
quit
defect
closet oneself
shut oneself away
withdraw oneself
cut oneself off
segregate oneself
hide oneself away
shut oneself off
set oneself apart
remove oneself
pick out
pick on
pluck out
set off
discriminate against
become estranged
secede from
sunder out
wrap up in cotton wool
bust up
part company with
sever connections with
reach a parting of the ways
break off relations with
sow dissension
make indifferent
come between
withdraw the affections of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To crush by being too tight, such as a foot by a shoe
pinch
crush
cramp
squeeze
grip
press tightly
contract
compress
tighten
constrict
compact
narrow
tense
constringe
clench
tauten
become narrower
make narrower
draw in
shrink
choke
strangle
restrict
strangulate
collapse
condense
straiten
restrain
circumscribe
astringe
tuck
become smaller
make smaller
narrow down
draw together
taper
diminish
reduce
flex
focus
limit
decrease
become tighter
make tighter
get narrower
get smaller
get thinner
capsule
telescope
capsulize
concentrate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become or make less wide
narrow
constrict
contract
diminish
taper
choke
compact
compress
condense
cramp
reduce
restrict
shrink
strangle
circumscribe
clench
collapse
constringe
decrease
focus
limit
pinch
restrain
straiten
strangulate
tauten
tense
tighten
astringe
tuck
get smaller
make narrower
make smaller
become narrower
become smaller
draw in
get narrower
get thinner
narrow down
draw together
concentrate
squeeze
capsule
telescope
capsulize
fix on
zero in
centre on
UK
center on
US
shorten
lessen
truncate
downsize
pare down
cut
curtail
trim
dwindle
slash
abridge
lower
cut down
cut back
slim down
prune
deflate
downscale
abate
chop
abbreviate
clip
de-escalate
drop
minimize
US
slim
attenuate
ease
deplete
dent
grow smaller
minimise
UK
waste away
knock down
wind down
thin
pucker
summarize
US
purse
close
shrivel
crop
curb
synopsize
weaken
moderate
lighten
gather
pare
consolidate
temper
epitomize
US
digest
outline
shave
minify
become thin
précis
become tighter
cut short
screw up
round down
whittle down
impair
skim
decrease in size
reduce in size
become narrow
boil down
become thinner
epitomise
UK
tone down
summarise
UK
dial down
make less
foreshorten
flex
squash
scrunch
make tighter
flatten
wane
lop off
lop
depress
shear
cut off
coarctate
coarct
check
blunt
sum up
abstract
encapsulate
fine
dilute
erode
retrench
undermine
sap
take in
alter
make fewer
turn down
cut down on
cut back on
summate
recap
disempower
mitigate
ration
shrivel up
decrement
wrinkle
knit
make thinner
make thin
precis
run down
compile
put in a nutshell
run through
get to the meat
give main points
make weaker
quell
ebb
alleviate
inventory
couch
relax
decline
subdue
stifle
lose weight
slenderize
make cutbacks in
trim down
taper off
scale down
mark down
drop off
ease off
roll back
bring down
take down
trim back
damp down
step down
tail off
dock
corrugate
crease
wither
elide
squinch
disappear
syncopate
rumple
crinkle
crumple
furrow
snip
discount
degrade
become pinched
scrunch up
become tight
tighten up
thin out
come to a point
thin down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or become rigidly fixed or immovable
fix in place
lodge
wedge
lock
secure
stick
jam
brace
make rigid
become rigid
become immovable
stiffen
become stuck
make immovable
tighten
tense
clench
strain
tauten
ankylose
rigidify
benumb
starken
steady
become stiff
tense up
make stiff
make stronger
Verb
▲
Make legally null and void
nullify
invalidate
void
abolish
annul
abrogate
quash
repeal
rescind
cancel
revoke
disannul
dissolve
negate
reverse
undo
vacate
veto
abate
avoid
counteract
countermand
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
null
obliterate
obviate
terminate
countervail
rebut
recall
render invalid
set aside
annihilate
axe
UK
ax
US
cancel out
cast aside
compensate
counterbalance
declare null and void
kill
limit
nig
offset
renege
renig
restrict
roll back
scratch
scrub
squash
strike down
torpedo
trash
vitiate
zap
do away with
render null and void
blue pencil
bring to an end
forget it
stamp out
take out
wash out
wipe out
call all bets off
bring to naught
retract
overrule
withdraw
overturn
repudiate
override
take back
overthrow
recant
nix
put an end to
disallow
scrap
counterpoise
drop
remove
end
balance
stop
abort
compensate for
balance out
eliminate
call off
rule against
make up for
erase
dismantle
lift
discontinue
redress
abandon
call back
expunge
efface
ditch
dump
reject
negative
discard
discharge
redeem
get rid of
renounce
make void
eradicate
rub out
equalize
US
black out
blot out
delete
disclaim
dismiss
deny
abjure
outweigh
throw out
cut
counterweigh
oppose
countercheck
cry off
equalise
UK
knock something on the head
root out
destroy
extinguish
upset
exterminate
alter
liquidate
disestablish
extirpate
suppress
finish
forswear
down
suspend
correct
unmake
make ineffective
X-out
contravene
declare invalid
equilibrize
defeat
even out
give the chop
snuff out
put a stop to
sweep away
make null and void
change
overset
prostrate
call
waive
chop
subvert
disaffirm
halt
prohibit
deracinate
supersede
disown
excise
give up
desist
counter
disqualify
backpedal
backtrack on
knock down
bring down
abnegate
dispense with
frustrate
dispatch
square
outvote
break off
blackball
take away
turf
cross
renege on
turn down
counterweight
pack in
finish off
even up
unsay
rule out
clean up
shoot down
rectify
refuse
put the kibosh on
put down
withcall
pull the plug on
go against
atone for
go back on your word
declare
undermine
weaken
KO
bleep
divorce
sever
discount
unfit
impair
circumduct
retreat
go back on
devalue
wind down
back-pedal on
render void
revert
watergate
blow sky-high
render meaningless
knock out
do in
bin
shelve
dispose of
get off the hook
phase out
quell
inter
bring to a close
lay in the grave
bury
put to rest
hold a funeral
inhume
entomb
put six feet under
take off
turn the tables
remit
gut
pull back
draw back
cork up
hush up
bottle up
shut down
break
repel
cut out
check
arrest
call in
retire
refute
redline
do a U-turn on
atone
equal out
put damper on
call a halt to
ignore
belay
remove all traces of
dominate
flout
defy
predominate
prevail
get shut of
purge
omit
ding
impugn
traverse
stonewall
belie
disprove
put the lid on
get shot of
slaughter
decimate
massacre
butcher
ride roughshod over
trample underfoot
amend
equiponderate
exclude
counterorder
reorganise
UK
reorganize
US
waste
cease
antagonize
US
antagonise
UK
redress the balance
trample upon
break with
remedy
bring
turn thumbs down
tip the scales
set off
wipe from the face of the earth
put paid to
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
disavow
render inert
ink out
cross out
blank out
strike out
x out
put a line through
block out
blue-pencil
stroke out
edit out
X out
white out
back out of
deface
fix
right
reduce
stabilize
US
respond
lessen
stabilise
UK
counterwork
buck
wipe slate clean
even
level
equate
match
fly in the face of
deactivate
subdue
overcome
conquer
defuse
render ineffective
pull up
quit
interrupt
stultify
work against
foreswear
square up
cut short
relinquish
apostatize
forsake
ban
lay to rest
set
tie
collate
adjust
accord
attune
parallel
readjust
be an antidote to
lay off
cut off
stop midstream
forbid
dial back
back down
backtrack
welsh
back off
weasel out
contradict
eat your words
worm out of
back out
block
interdict
knock it off
call a halt
call it quits
proscribe
outlaw
bar
embargo
render useless
pair off
come out even
come out
preclude
boycott
squelch
pass
decline
disapprove
discountenance
censure
burn
dissent
junk
jettison
place an embargo on
inhibit
shed
give thumbs down
thumbs down
pass on
give the thumbs down to
pass by
not go for
give the red light to
throw away
refuse permission to
close down
put kibosh on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reduce (something) in extent or quantity
retrench
reduce
decrease
cut
lessen
diminish
trim
curtail
lower
prune
shrink
abridge
shorten
truncate
slash
limit
pare
ax
US
axe
UK
minimise
UK
minimize
US
delete
eliminate
omit
remove
cut back
cut down
pare down
salami-slice
slim down
bring down
cut back on
whittle away
whittle down
make cutbacks in
make reductions in
take off
downsize
contract
rationalize
US
abbreviate
dock
restrict
elide
syncopate
rationalise
UK
curb
mark down
economize on
clip
scale down
crop
downscale
abate
lop
chop
deplete
dwindle
ease
dent
check
restrain
economize
US
economise
UK
de-escalate
cut short
boil down
knock down
rein in
hold back
roll back
condense
mark off
weaken
compress
snip
bob
discount
slenderize
constrict
narrow
blunt
telescope
cut down on
erode
undermine
sap
excerpt
disempower
get shorter
take up
turn up
cut to the bone
make shorter
make weaker
ease up on
drop
deduct
roll down
budget cut
trim away
phase out
scale back
step down
phase down
tune down
minify
cramp
inhibit
halt
control
put a restriction on
break off
rein back
put the brakes on
tighten up
put a limit on
moderate
lighten
quell
taper
mitigate
attenuate
temper
wind down
depreciate
decrement
depress
tone down
alleviate
summarize
US
ebb
abstract
shave
epitomize
US
soften
synopsize
tail off
epitomise
UK
summarise
UK
precis
dial down
devaluate
stifle
drop off
subdue
encapsulate
wane
digest
sink
deaden
decline
ease off
take the edge off
cut off
dampen
dull
impair
shear
peter out
précis
cushion
damp
smother
detach
mute
make less
taper off
edit
put in a nutshell
damp down
degrade
lop off
subside
put a damper on
allay
suppress
slacken
tighten
shrivel
slow down
dilute
downgrade
wear away
wear down
pollard
capsulize
assuage
capsule
let up
modify
mow
take down
blue pencil
round down
chop off
take the bite out
take the sting out
hack off
get rid of
fade
slump
settle
dry up
wither
cheapen
sever
ration
muffle
summate
fall off
run low
narrow down
die down
sum
nip
poll
inventory
repress
couch
relax
excise
make smaller
devalue
undervalue
detruncate
relieve
hew
still
tranquilize
US
mollify
trim down
trim back
top
skive
calm
cool
run down
amputate
placate
constringe
deflate
tranquillise
UK
scrimp
turn down
write down
write off
become smaller
ratchet down
cut shorter
make less intense
put the lid on
put damper on
soft-pedal
grow smaller
concentrate
decay
drain
quiet
droop
degenerate
waste
rebate
hack
adjust
remit
palliate
slice
commute
abase
squelch
soothe
saw
calm down
deteriorate
evaporate
crumble
lose edge
slack off
tail away
make fewer
expurgate
bowdlerize
US
fall
shed
recede
relent
break
stop short
do away with
decapitate
skim
outline
retrench on
take out
cut out
plummet
plunge
subtract
recap
bowdlerise
UK
ream
neaten
shape
demote
recapitulate
disgrade
demerit
drive down
keep down
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
even up
tidy up
reprise
cream
consolidate
conflate
put down
minimalize
brief
reduce greatly
die away
fall away
die out
grow less
slacken off
become less
overcome
peter
bridle
contain
constrain
cause to fall
shave off
file off
scrape off
quash
mellow
buttress
quieten
sum up
stem
distill
US
distil
UK
compact
collapse
absorb
make a outline of
make a résumé of
wrap up
staunch
harsh
squash
hold in check
make less active
soak up
get under control
keep in check
squeeze
barber
fleece
tonsure
disengage
get smaller
cut into a bob
dissever
cast down
extenuate
amortise
UK
whittle
cleave
qualify
amortize
US
dismember
abscise
remove surgically
hew off
saw off
cut away
shear off
slice off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cover an opening
shut
close
bar
fasten
seal
secure
slam
lock
padlock
latch
make
steek
bolt
cage
close down
close out
collapse
draw
enclose
exclude
fail
fold
imprison
pull to
push
draw to
batten down
close up
lock up
put to
slam to
snap to
wall off
push to
put up the shutters
chain
board up
make fast
seal up
screen
shutter
stick down
put up the shutter
sneck
clamp
impound
button
immobilize
US
clinch
immobilise
UK
pound
barricade
wheel-clamp
make secure
button up
turn the key
shut in
shut off
fence in
close off
fasten securely
fix
bind
batten
deadbolt
rivet
tighten
lash
attach
tie
anchor
shut up
clasp
tether
nail down
make firm
fasten down
fortify
clamp down
cover up
safeguard
make safe
hitch
stick
pin
catch
join
nail
moor
affix
connect
set
couple
tack
position
link
annex
US
bond
append
staple
glue
clip
settle
pinion
annexe
UK
cement
button down
adjust
hook on
tie down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
recommend
commit
consign
entrust
intrust
trust
vest
confide
delegate
give
hand
leave
pass
repose
transfer
transmit
commend
deliver
relegate
charge
commission
invest
place
task
assign
confer
convey
relinquish
send
give over
hand over
turn over
bequeath
pass on
grant
allocate
allot
hand down
yield
cede
bestow
remit
authorize
US
devolve
refer
authorise
UK
send on
hand on
sign over
present
proffer
resign
tender
will
impart
apportion
make over
surrender
appoint
toss
throw
give custody of
leave with
give custody
give free rein
deposit with
chuck
put
issue
reach
bung
exchange
circulate
cast
forward
dispatch
abandon
renounce
let someone have
endow
lodge
abdicate
put in charge of
depute
waive
lay
shunt
handball
settle
pertain
furnish
belong
designate
deal
set
prescribe
render
patronise
UK
advance
let
patronize
US
aid
store
loan
lend
command
direct
sacrifice
point
parcel out
send on errand
hold responsible for
send on mission
farm out
forfeit
bestow on
grant to
confer on
give to
entrust to
invest in
guide
onpass
allow to look after
let out
put into hands of
make trustee
put into the hands of
put in the hands of
give up
turn in
cough up
lay down
fork up
deliver up
give away
fork out
submit
route
steer
show
usher
marshal
UK
marshall
US
send to
deliver to
direct to
consign to
pass on to
turn over to
put in touch with
part with
forgo
sign away
let go of
alienate
forsake
deed
concede
alien
abnegate
drop
abjure
do without
lose
lay aside
disclaim
give in
hand in
reject
provide
offer
put aside
dispense with
escalate
deposit
reassign
vouchsafe
abalienate
yield up
say goodbye to
send out
dispose of
pay with
withgo
be deprived of
set down
be stripped of
demit
feed
go without
pass up
give back
hand out
give over to
forswear
discard
supply
disgorge
disown
render up
cast off
shed
transfer responsibility
divert
accord
make something over to someone
hand round
demise
fork over
remise
quit
deny
decline
renege
shift
leave to
promise
employ
ordain
destine
move
engage
devise
put down
let fall
redirect
attorn
give into the care of
vest in
give into the charge of
give into the custody of
channel
spare
kiss goodbye
leave behind
betray
forego
let go
prostitute
eschew
kiss goodbye to
cast aside
broadcast
appropriate
refuse
set aside
spurn
stand down from
step down from
wash your hands of
separate oneself from
sign off
divorce oneself from
step aside from
disseminate
decentralise
UK
get rid of
pass to
hand to
pass down
foist
fob off
decentralize
US
offload
be handed down
palm off
dump
offer back
change
return
stream
spread
communicate
terminate
quitclaim
drop off
unload
turn down
lose out on
pay for
carry
relay
send forth
extend
forbear
volunteer
allow
release
gift
give and take
provide use of
be generous with
share
allow use of
free
more ❯
Verb
▲
Be very economical or mean about spending or providing something
stint
limit
begrudge
economise
UK
economize
US
restrict
save
scrimp
skimp on
withhold
be mean
hold back
scrimp on
be economical with
be sparing with
define
economize on
grudge
hold back on
penny-pinch
pinch
pinch pennies
restrain
scrape
skimp
spare
squirrel
stash
be frugal with
be mean with
be mingy
be parsimonious with
be sparing
be mingy with
be stingy
be stingy with
be tight-fisted with
be tight with
cut corners
roll back
sock away
tighten your belt
be frugal
be parsimonious
go easy on
make ends meet
save for rainy day
spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
scant
conserve
cut back
be economical
budget
stint on
cut expenditure
make cutbacks
be thrifty
be more economical
draw in one's horns
scrimp and scrape
rake and scrape
retrench
curtail
scrimp and save
husband
make economies
cut costs
reduce wastage
watch the pennies
give unwillingly
give reluctantly
give resentfully
be prudent
husband your resources
be reluctant
run a tight ship
give stintingly
pinch the pennies
stretch a dollar
cut down
be cheap
ration
scamp
nurse
screw
slight
cut back on
reduce
trim
save money
be tight
be tight-fisted
make cuts
struggle
be close
use sparingly
use economically
be careful with
manage thriftily
cut down on
save for a rainy day
cut your coat according to your cloth
use less
decrease wastage
shepherd
buy cheaply
manage
buy more cheaply
count the pennies
keep within means
run tight ship
pay one's way
rein in
be on a shoestring
meet a budget
be careful
shave
get along
get by
cut it close
cut it fine
resent
mind
regret
go easy
pull in one's horns
look after the pence
give stingily
be pissed off about
take exception to
be angry about
be annoyed about
feel aggrieved about
be bitter about
be displeased about
be dissatisfied with
have hard feelings about
feel bitter about
object to
bear a grudge about
be in a huff about
be resentful of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To squeeze or pack tightly into a small or restricted space
jam
stuff
pack
cram
squeeze
force
press
ram
wedge
compress
fill
heap
load
push
shove
stick
thrust
brim
charge
compact
insert
sandwich
squash
wad
clog
overfill
shoehorn
tamp
jam-pack
pack tightly
fill up
bung up
crowd
crush
pile
congest
overcrowd
throng
fill to overflowing
drive
choke
place
chock
bung
scrunch
block
top off
stow
pile up
put
squish
flock
plug
plunge
mass
overrun
sardine
overflow
ram in
flood
pack like sardines
stream
fill to the brim
pound
stock
lodge
slip
stop
glut
jostle
slide
bear
elbow
surfeit
hold
dam
bundle
lade
swamp
obstruct
occlude
slot
top
swarm
mob
gorge
pack in
pop
stop up
cram full
load up
work in
cram into
clog up
tuck in
stick in
congregate in
press into
pop in
occupy all of
crowd into
squash into
squeeze into
bunch inside
pack into
crash
tumble
rush
sink
strangle
dig
hammer
clot
constrict
fix
constringe
condense
climb
cramp
overload
drum
pad
line
gum up
plug up
arm
thrust in
drive in
pack together
overstuff
upholster
pack it in
drive into
jam into
feed into
force into space
wedge oneself
fill to capacity
cumber
put into
pinch
squelch
squirt
load with
choke up
force into
stuff to the gills
concentrate
pile into
flock into
flock to
sate
prepare to fire
top up
satiate
trample
mash
smash
flatten
slot in
squeeze in
fit in
squash in
close
seal
caulk
stopper
sit on
stamp on
cluster
deluge
huddle
gather
muster
justle
congregate
surge
bunch
troop
feed
overindulge
cork
position
pack 'em in
block up
pig
dam up
fill in
overeat
fit
set
wedge into
stuff into
tuck
work
install
US
depress
implant
embed
instal
UK
thumb
pinion
pin
tack
level
move
stack
store
deposit
bear heavily
force down
bear down
press down
weigh on
pin down
hold down
weigh upon
push down
bear down on
lean on
freight
weigh
oversupply
containerize
carry
arrange
ballast
heap up
put away
put aboard
pour in
pile it on
more ❯
Noun
▲
A boundary or limit
boundary
border
bound
limit
circumference
compass
bounds
limits
margin
perimeter
edge
periphery
fringe
verge
rim
skirt
borderline
brim
extremity
line
end
brink
skirting
edging
confines
side
hem
frame
terminus
frontier
termination
lip
extent
threshold
outline
marge
bourn
limitation
constraint
outside
demarcation
circumscription
barrier
confinement
curb
sideline
selvage
boundary line
terminal
bounding line
partition line
demarcation line
cut-off point
extreme
sides
apex
extremities
flange
foot
head
outermost edge
outskirt
trim
term
ring
ledge
band
top
strip
enclosure
pale
divide
radius
horizon
outskirts
precinct
depth
finality
absolute
borderland
conclusion
fence
dividing line
outside limit
outer limit
farthest point
furthest bound
end point
farthest reach
maximum
cap
ceiling
restriction
restraint
check
control
regulation
curtailment
trammel
restrainer
containment
bridle
damper
rein
brake
constrainment
fetter
constriction
inhibition
cutoff point
upper limit
cramp
hindrance
tops
repression
curfew
line of demarcation
stricture
bank
trimming
fringes
outer limits
ambit
circuit
march
flank
range
reach
scope
orbit
outer edge
divider
embankment
borders
edges
margins
point
marches
purlieus
surround
partition
mark
crossover
mouth
tip
penumbra
stretch
cusp
levee
boundaries
ridge
watershed
hand
distinction
skirts
contour
approach
mount
precipice
marchland
covering
tail end
butt
ring-fence
furthermost part
parameter
fine line
outer reaches
outer regions
restrictions
limitations
sweep
purlieu
end of the line
outer fringe
division
delimitation
realm
sphere
purview
perspective
outlook
ken
prospect
perception
range of experience
more ❯
“The study identifies it as a feature of the political elite who operate within the
confine
of constitutional and institutional constraints.”
Noun
▲
The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant
scope
extent
range
reach
compass
breadth
span
spectrum
depth
orbit
purview
sphere
sweep
width
ambit
coverage
realm
scale
boundaries
capacity
dimension
dimensions
field
horizon
jurisdiction
limit
stretch
amplitude
area
confines
expanse
extension
fullness
proportions
size
spread
territory
bounds
competence
comprehensiveness
degree
extensiveness
gamut
magnitude
margin
outlook
proportion
radius
remit
bracket
immensity
region
run
wideness
field of reference
sphere of influence
terms of reference
measure
length
space
volume
measurement
distance
largeness
greatness
limits
vastness
bulk
domain
amount
latitude
boundary
province
diapason
bigness
mass
parameters
measurements
hugeness
variety
circle
height
authority
diameter
level
expansion
power
quantity
control
panorama
acreage
intensity
extensity
interval
calibre
UK
caliber
US
capaciousness
precinct
turf
bailiwick
series
enormity
thickness
ken
weight
assortment
array
border
neighborhood
US
vicinity
zone
severity
neighbourhood
UK
content
plain
dominion
body
tract
tonnage
spaciousness
admeasurement
waste
matter
order
influence
command
swing
play
leeway
earshot
sway
preserve
department
bound
run of
substantiality
collection
gradation
catalogue
UK
lot
immenseness
elbowroom
circumference
catalog
US
value
square footage
line
register
footage
room
limitation
division
sheet
ratio
area of activity
gage
US
gauge
UK
pale
stature
substance
highness
voluminosity
district
way
density
arena
belt
sizableness
lead
spacing
remove
mileage
state
umbrella
hearing
tune
girth
spoke
area of influence
semidiameter
importance
footprint
inclusiveness
dimensionality
bore
significance
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large size
extremities
round
grade
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purlieus
restriction
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quality
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grasp
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sea
carpet
blanket
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orders
cubage
interspace
void
retention
sufficiency
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good ways
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bit
far piece
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wilderness
remoteness
authorization
US
guidelines
eclecticism
large space
uninterrupted space
determination
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valuation
metage
frequency
time
pitch
judgement
UK
calibration
judgment
US
survey
altitude
holding ability
cubic measure
holding power
authorisation
UK
gigantism
vastitude
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giantism
prodigiousness
standing room
real estate
exposure
longitude
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continuance
immeasurableness
infinity
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edge
distance lengthwise
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perimeter
rule
treatment
reportage
periphery
fringe
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verge
administration
skirt
end
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part
borderline
brim
say
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sector
land
edging
skirting
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hem
extremity
regime
circuit
government
governance
leadership
hegemony
regimen
frame
patch
locality
country
parts
place
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termination
mastery
mana
prerogative
ascendancy
neck
demesne
locale
corridor
world
ceiling
cap
empire
commission
right
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might
arbitration
supervision
domination
reign
discretion
magistracy
slot
inquisition
restrictions
limitations
county
scene
ward
ghetto
borough
neck of woods
block
stomping ground
jungle
shire
inner city
clearing
environs
constituency
suburb
walk
term
outer limits
purlieu
extent of power
oyer and terminer
stomping grounds
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The action of fixing the boundary or limits of something
demarcation
distinction
separation
delimitation
differentiation
division
discreteness
discrimination
definition
enclosure
isolation
margin
segregation
split
terminus
marking off
difference
polarity
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gap
gulf
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chasm
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variance
distinctiveness
unlikeness
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disagreement
deviation
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distance
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contradistinction
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otherness
discernment
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individuality
incongruity
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separateness
particularity
singularity
disproportion
incongruence
imbalance
unevenness
incongruousness
opposition
heterogeneity
imparity
unalikeness
dissemblance
contradiction
breach
contrariety
comparison
contraposition
alterity
fine line
nonconformity
conflict
irregularity
departure
discrepance
clash
incomparability
discordance
unconformity
discongruity
contrariness
mismatch
variety
anomaly
divarication
diversion
peculiarity
digression
aberration
idiosyncrasy
discord
antithesis
divagation
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exception
alteration
unrelatedness
differences
uniqueness
non-uniformity
change
variability
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asymmetry
characteristic
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unorthodoxness
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lack of congruence
noncongruence
disharmonism
dissonance
deflection
friction
unsuitability
discordancy
illogicality
otherhood
oddness
strangeness
apartness
distinguishment
bad fit
bad match
modification
detour
metamorphosis
transformation
revision
inconsonance
severance
offset
bifurcation
yin yang
dissembling
dissimulation
bias
jarring
amount of difference
inequity
specialty
US
specialness
individualism
speciality
UK
divaricating
forking
fork
disharmony
preferentiality
inequation
parting of the ways
incommensurateness
unequivalence
inharmoniousness
lack of balance
lack of harmony
miscalculation
disaccord
lack of similarity
irreconcilability
error
contradictoriness
far cry
lack of concord
lack of agreement
shift
displacement
fluctuation
break
tolerance
nonconformance
mutation
curve
turn
abnormality
break in routine
swerve
departure from the norm
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A pen for livestock, especially cattle or horses, on a farm or ranch
corral
pen
coop
enclosure
pound
hutch
yard
cage
compound
paddock
fold
stockade
kraal
parrock
potrero
sty
stall
aviary
courtyard
pinfold
birdcage
mew
court
close
box
ring
field
pasture
meadow
shelter
sheepfold
park
greenyard
run
lock-up
animal shelter
hut
house
quadrangle
cubicle
compartment
gaol
UK
jail
US
quad
shed
patio
inclosure
loosebox
cloister
box stall
circumvallation
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