'Confining' definitions:
Definition of 'confining'
From: WordNet
adjective
Restricting the scope or freedom of action [syn: confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting]
adjective
Crowded; "close quarters" [syn: close, confining]
Definition of 'Confining'
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]