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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•strain /rɪˈstreɪn/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to hold back from action;
check;
repress:He was so mad he could hardly restrain himself. - to limit or reduce the activity or effect of:to restrain trade with certain countries.
See -strain-. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: restrain /rɪˈstreɪn/ vb (transitive)- to hold (someone) back from some action, esp by force
- to deprive (someone) of liberty, as by imprisonment
- to limit or restrict
Etymology: 14th Century restreyne, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere to draw back tightly, from re- + stringere to draw, bind; see strain1reˈstrainable adj re-strain (rē strān′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to strain again.
re•strain (ri strān′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to hold back from action;
keep in check or under control;
repress:to restrain one's temper. - to deprive of liberty, as by arrest or the like.
- to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect of:to restrain trade with Cuba.
- Latin restringere to bind back, bind fast, equivalent. to re- re- + stringere to draw together; see strain1
- Middle French restreindre
- Middle English restreynen 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bridle, suppress, constrain. See check.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged restrict, circumscribe, confine, hinder, hamper.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unbridle.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged free, liberate.
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