'Contain' definitions:
Definition of 'contain'
(from WordNet)
verb
Include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain, comprise]
verb
Contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn: hold, bear, carry, contain]
verb
Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate]
verb
Be divisible by; "24 contains 6"
verb
Be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" [syn: contain, take, hold]
verb
Definition of 'Contain'
From: GCIDE
- Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contained; p. pr. & vb. n. Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Countenance.]
- 1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. [1913 Webster]
- Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron. vi. 18. [1913 Webster]
- When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- What thy stores contain bring forth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] [1913 Webster]
- The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Contain'
From: GCIDE
- Contain \Con*tain"\, v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. [1913 Webster]
- But if they can not contain, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii. 9. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contain'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- add up to,
- admit,
- affect,
- aggregate,
- aggregate to,
- amount to,
- arrest,
- assimilate,
- assume,
- bang,
- bar,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- bear,
- beleaguer,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- bound,
- box in,
- bridle,
- bring,
- button,
- button up,
- cage,
- call for,
- carry,
- chamber,
- check,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clap,
- close,
- close in,
- close up,
- collect,
- come to,
- compass,
- complete,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- condition,
- confine,
- constrain,
- constrict,
- contract,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- copyright,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- corral,
- count in,
- cover,
- curb,
- curtail,
- decelerate,
- discipline,
- dompt,
- draw the line,
- embed,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enfold,
- enjoin,
- enshrine,
- entail,
- envisage,
- fasten,
- fence in,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- fold,
- fold up,
- govern,
- guard,
- hedge about,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold up,
- house in,
- implicate,
- imply,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- incorporate,
- inhibit,
- internalize,
- involve,
- jail,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- keep within,
- kennel,
- key,
- latch,
- lay under restraint,
- lead to,
- leaguer,
- limit,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- mew,
- mew up,
- moderate,
- mount up to,
- narrow,
- number,
- number among,
- occlude,
- occupy,
- padlock,
- patent,
- pen,
- pen in,
- plumb,
- pocket,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- put in,
- qualify,
- quarantine,
- rail in,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon up to,
- reckon with,
- register,
- rein,
- rein in,
- repress,
- require,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retard,
- retrench,
- run into,
- run to,
- scant,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- seat,
- secure,
- set back,
- shrine,
- shut,
- shut in,
- shut the door,
- shut up,
- slam,
- slow down,
- snap,
- snub,
- specialize,
- squeeze shut,
- stable,
- stifle,
- stint,
- straiten,
- strangle,
- subsume,
- suppress,
- surround,
- take,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- tot up to,
- total,
- tote up to,
- unitize,
- wall in,
- withhold,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up,
- zip up,
- zipper