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[ kuhn-fahynd ] / kənˈfaɪnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR confined ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelimited or restricted. unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc. being in childbirth; being in parturition. Origin of confinedconfine + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM confinedcon·fin·ed·ly [kuhn-fahy-nid-lee, -fahynd-lee], /kənˈfaɪ nɪd li, -ˈfaɪnd li/, adverbcon·fin·ed·ness, nounnon·con·fined, adjectivepre·con·fin·ed·ly, adverb un·con·fined, adjective Words nearby confinedconfigurate, configuration, configurationism, configure, confine, confined, confinee, confinement, confirm, confirmand, confirmation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for confinedExploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas. ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST The series also reversed a long trend that saw the character paralyzed by the Joker and confined to a wheelchair for a decade. Gail Simone’s Bisexual Catman and the ‘Secret Six’|Rich Goldstein|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST You can clink your wine glass and deliver an impassioned speech about conquering the demons that kept you confined in the closet. How to Make It Through Thanksgiving Alive|Lizzie Crocker|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Former Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham is paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair. Why 2016’s Hopefuls Are Hopeless|P. J. O’Rourke|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She could no longer go to the orchestra; she was confined to a wheelchair. The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Clearly they were a travelling company and would never have confined themselves to the costumes of any particular clime. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 18, 1914|Various When he is not confined to this, he is set up for a laughing stock in buffo work. Letters of Peregrine Pickle|George P. Upton He had been in failing health for about a year but was confined to his home for only the last week. Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman But tandem driving is too good a sport to be confined to the show ring. Riding and Driving|Edward L. Anderson Our day's sport, besides the monkey, was confined to sundry small green parrots and a few toucans. A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World|Charles Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for confined
adjectiveenclosed or restricted; limited in childbed; undergoing childbirth Derived forms of confinedconfinedly (kənˈfaɪnɪdlɪ), adverbconfinedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to confinedrestricted, cramped, imprisoned, restrained, circumscribed, cramp, sick, bound, indisposed, jailed, held, pent, grounded, iced, incarcerated, hampered, compassed, detained, immured, chilled |