'Restrain' definitions:
Definition of 'restrain'
(from WordNet)
verb
Keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back]
verb
Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle]
verb
To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" [syn: restrain, confine, hold]
verb
verb
To compel or deter by or as if by threats [syn: intimidate, restrain]
Definition of 'Restrain'
From: GCIDE
- Restrain \Re*strain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Restraining.] [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr. L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf. Restrict.]
- 1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. [1913 Webster]
- Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature Gives way to in repose! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge. [1913 Webster]
- Though they two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral, universality also is to be restrained by a part of the predicate. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To withhold; to forbear. [1913 Webster]
- Thou restrained prayer before God. --Job. xv. 4. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb; suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'restrain'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- alter,
- anchor,
- arrest,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- bar,
- bind,
- bit,
- block,
- blunt,
- bottle up,
- bound,
- box in,
- box up,
- bridle,
- cage,
- cause,
- cause to,
- chain,
- chasten,
- check,
- circumscribe,
- cloister,
- coarct,
- collect,
- compel,
- condition,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- copyright,
- cork up,
- countercheck,
- crib,
- crimp,
- curb,
- curtail,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- debar,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- detain,
- diminish,
- discipline,
- dompt,
- downplay,
- draw the line,
- drive,
- dull,
- encage,
- enchain,
- enclose,
- enforce,
- enjoin,
- entrammel,
- extenuate,
- fasten,
- fence in,
- fetter,
- forbear,
- force,
- gag,
- govern,
- guard,
- gyve,
- hamper,
- handcuff,
- handicap,
- have,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- hem in,
- hinder,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in custody,
- hold in leash,
- hold in restraint,
- hold up,
- hopple,
- immure,
- impede,
- impel,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- interfere with,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- keep under control,
- keep within bounds,
- lash,
- lay,
- lay under restraint,
- leash,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- limit,
- lock up,
- make,
- make fast,
- manacle,
- meddle,
- mew,
- mew up,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- moor,
- muzzle,
- narrow,
- obstruct,
- obtund,
- oppose,
- palliate,
- patent,
- peg down,
- pen,
- pen up,
- picket,
- pin down,
- pinion,
- play down,
- pound,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- purify,
- put in irons,
- qualify,
- rail in,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refrain,
- register,
- regulate,
- regulate by,
- rein,
- rein in,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrict,
- retard,
- retrench,
- rope,
- scant,
- scotch,
- seal up,
- season,
- secure,
- set back,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- shackle,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- simmer down,
- simplify,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- snub,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- specialize,
- stifle,
- stint,
- stop,
- straiten,
- straitjacket,
- strap,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tether,
- tie,
- tie down,
- tie up,
- tone down,
- trammel,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- use force upon,
- wall in,
- weaken,
- withhold