'Confined' definitions:
Definition of 'confined'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not invading healthy tissue [ant: invasive]
adjective
Not free to move about [ant: unconfined]
adjective
Definition of 'Confined'
From: GCIDE
- Confine \Con*fine"\ (k[o^]n*f[imac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confined; p. pr. & vb. n. Confining.] [F. confiner to border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See Final, Finish.] To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close. [1913 Webster]
- Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To be confined, to be in childbed.
- Syn: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose; circumscribe; restrict. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'confined'
From: GCIDE
- confined \confined\ adj.
- 1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; -- usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.
- Note: [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]
Synonyms of 'confined'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angustifoliate,
- angustirostrate,
- angustisellate,
- angustiseptal,
- authoritative,
- barred,
- bedfast,
- bedridden,
- beleaguered,
- beset,
- besieged,
- blockaded,
- bound,
- bounded,
- boxed in,
- cabined,
- caged,
- circumscribed,
- cloistered,
- close,
- close-fitting,
- closed-in,
- conditioned,
- constricted,
- cooped,
- copyrighted,
- cordoned,
- cordoned off,
- corralled,
- cramp,
- cramped,
- cribbed,
- crowded,
- detained,
- disciplined,
- down,
- enclosed,
- expert,
- feature,
- featured,
- fenced,
- finite,
- geographically limited,
- hedged,
- hedged about,
- hedged in,
- hemmed,
- hemmed in,
- hospitalized,
- icebound,
- immured,
- impounded,
- imprisoned,
- in childbed,
- in confinement,
- in hospital,
- incapacious,
- incarcerated,
- incommodious,
- insular,
- invalided,
- isthmian,
- isthmic,
- jailed,
- kept in,
- knowledgeable,
- laid up,
- landlocked,
- leaguered,
- limited,
- local,
- localized,
- meager,
- mewed,
- moderated,
- narrow,
- near,
- of a place,
- paled,
- parochial,
- patented,
- penned,
- pent,
- pent-up,
- prescribed,
- proscribed,
- prostrate,
- provincial,
- qualified,
- quarantined,
- railed,
- restrained,
- restricted,
- scant,
- scanty,
- shut-in,
- sick abed,
- slender,
- snowbound,
- specialist,
- specialistic,
- specialized,
- stinted,
- strait,
- straitened,
- technical,
- tight,
- topical,
- under restraint,
- vernacular,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- windbound