'Detain' definitions:
Definition of 'detain'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Detain'
From: GCIDE
- Detain \De*tain"\ (d[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detained; p. pr. & vb. n. Detaining.] [F. d['e]tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See Tenable.]
- 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. [1913 Webster]
- Detain not the wages of the hireling. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. [1913 Webster]
- Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. --Judges xiii. 15. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hold or keep in custody.
- Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Detain'
From: GCIDE
- Detain \De*tain"\, n. Detention. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'detain'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apprehend,
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- block,
- bog down,
- bottle up,
- box up,
- brake,
- bust,
- buttonhole,
- cage,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- cloister,
- confine,
- constrain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cork up,
- countercheck,
- crib,
- curb,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- drag,
- draw rein,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- encage,
- enclose,
- fence in,
- hang up,
- hem in,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold in custody,
- hold in restraint,
- hold up,
- immure,
- impede,
- impound,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- keep out,
- lag,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make late,
- meddle,
- mew,
- mew up,
- mire,
- moderate,
- nab,
- obstruct,
- oppose,
- pen,
- pen up,
- pick up,
- pinch,
- pound,
- pull in,
- rail in,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- repress,
- reserve,
- resist,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retain,
- retard,
- run in,
- scotch,
- seal up,
- set back,
- shackle,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- snub,
- stay,
- stop,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- wall in,
- withhold