confines

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English

Definitions

verb

To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.

noun

The borders or limits of an area.
Elements that restrain someone.
The scope or range of a subject.

Related words

Synonyms

circumscribe limit restrict restrain hold enclose detain trammel hold in bound throttle limited scope ends framework caps

Associated

quarters canyon

Rhymes

guidelines dressed to the nines designs whines read between the lines headlines undermines defines fines shines

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