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Definitions for Confined
[1] limited or restricted.
[2] unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.
[3] being in childbirth; being in parturition.
[4] to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
[5] 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.
[6] Usually confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
[7] Often confines. region; territory.
[8] Archaic . confinement.
[9] Obsolete . a place of confinement; prison.
[10] enclosed or restricted; limited
[11] in childbed; undergoing childbirth
[12] to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict
[13] to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of arthritis confined him to bed
[14] (often plural) a limit; boundary
Words related to Confined
restricted, cramped, imprisoned, restrained, cramp, sick, bound, indisposed, held, pent, grounded, iced, incarcerated, chilled, bedridden, incommodious, bedfast
Words nearby Confined
configurate, configuration, configurationism, configure, confine, confined, confinee, confinement, confirm, confirmand, confirmation
Origin of Confined
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 Confined
con·fin·ed·ly [kuh n-fahy -nid-lee, -fahynd -lee] /kənˈfaɪ nɪd li, -ˈfaɪnd li/ , adverb
con·fin·ed·ness , noun
non·con·fined , adjective
pre·con·fin·ed·ly , adverb
un·con·fined , adjective
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 Confined
C16: from Medieval Latin confīnāre from Latin confīnis adjacent, from fīnis end, boundary
Synonyms for Confined
circumscribed, cramped, imprisoned, restrained, restricted, bound, chilled, compassed, cramp, detained, grounded, hampered, held, hog-tied, iced, immured, incarcerated, indisposed, invalided, jailed, pent, sick, bedfast, bedridden, bottled up, cooped up, flattened out, in chains, in jail, incommodious, laid up, locked up, on ice, sealed up, shut in