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Showing words for CONFINE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Confine

confine

6 Letter Words for Confine

conine, connie, ennoic, fennic, finnoc

5 Letter Words for Confine

conin, conne, enfin, inone, nonce, nonic, oenin, oncin

4 Letter Words for Confine

cine, cion, coef, coif, coin, cone, conf, coni, conn, econ, feni, fice, fico, fine, finn, fino, foen, foin, fone, icon, info, inne, neif, nein, neon, nice, nief, nife, nine, none, oeci, once

3 Letter Words for Confine

cen, ceo, cfi, cie, cif, con, eco, enc, eof, eon, fec, fei, fen, fie, fin, foe, fon, ice, ifc, ife, inc, inf, inn, iof, ion, nco, nef, nei, neo, nie, nne, non, oie, one, oni

Definitions for Confine

[1] to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
[2] to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.: For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days.
[3] Usually confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
[4] Often confines. region; territory.
[5] Archaic . confinement.
[6] Obsolete . a place of confinement; prison.
[7] to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict
[8] to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of arthritis confined him to bed
[9] (often plural) a limit; boundary

Words related to Confine

incarcerate, hinder, detain, restrict, restrain, imprison, jail, constrain, hog-tie, bar, cramp, bound, delimit, bind, fix, shorten, immure, ice, repress, intern

Words nearby Confine

confiding, configurate, configuration, configurationism, configure, confine, confined, confinee, confinement, confirm, confirmand

Origin of Confine

1350–1400 for noun; 1515–25 for v.; (noun) Middle English < Middle French confins, confines < Medieval Latin confinia, plural of Latin confinis boundary, border (see con-, fine2); (v.) < Middle French confiner, verbal derivative of confins < Latin, as above

Other words from Confine

con·fin·a·ble , con·fine·a·ble , adjective
con·fine·less , adjective
con·fin·er , noun
non·con·fin·ing , adjective
pre·con·fine , verb (used with object), pre·con·fined, pre·con·fin·ing.
qua·si-con·fin·ing , adjective
re·con·fine , verb (used with object), re·con·fined, re·con·fin·ing.
self-con·fin·ing , adjective
un·con·fin·a·ble , adjective
un·con·fin·ing , adjective

Word origin for Confine

C16: from Medieval Latin confīnāre from Latin confīnis adjacent, from fīnis end, boundary

Synonyms for Confine

constrain, detain, hinder, imprison, incarcerate, jail, restrain, restrict, bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, cool, cramp, delimit, enslave, fix, hog-tie, ice, immure, intern, keep, repress, shorten, cool down, hem in, hold back, put a lid on, put away, put on ice, send up, shut up