CONFINE TO

 Dictionary entry overview: What does confine to mean? 

• CONFINE TO (verb)
  The verb CONFINE TO has 1 sense:

1. restrict or confine within limits

  Familiarity information: CONFINE TO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONFINE TO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Restrict or confine within limits

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

circumscribe; confine to; limit

Context example:

our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born

Hypernyms (to "confine to" is one way to...):

decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "confine to"):

hold down (restrain)

keep down; number (place a limit on the number of)

cap (restrict the number or amount of)

curb; curtail; cut back; restrict (place restrictions on)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something