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VERB (6)

1. include or contain; have as a component;
- Example: "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"
- Example: "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
[syn: incorporate, contain, comprise]

2. contain or hold; have within;
- Example: "The jar carries wine"
- Example: "The canteen holds fresh water"
- Example: "This can contains water"
[syn: hold, bear, carry, contain]

3. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits;
- Example: "moderate your alcohol intake"
- Example: "hold your tongue"
- Example: "hold your temper"
- Example: "control your anger"
[syn: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate]

4. be divisible by;
- Example: "24 contains 6"

5. be capable of holding or containing;
- Example: "This box won't take all the items"
- Example: "The flask holds one gallon"
[syn: contain, take, hold]

6. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;
- Example: "Arrest the downward trend"
- Example: "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"
- Example: "Contain the rebel movement"
- Example: "Turn back the tide of communism"
[syn: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contained; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir,
   fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See
   Tenable, and cf. Countenance.]
   1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to
      inclose; to hold.
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            Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not
            contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron.
                                                  vi. 18.
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            When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak.
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            What thy stores contain bring forth.  --Milton.
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   2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be
      equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
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   3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep
      within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]
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            The king's person contains the unruly people from
            evil occasions.                       --Spenser.
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            Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contain \Con*tain"\, v. i.
   To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
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         But if they can not contain, let them marry. --1 Cor.
                                                  vii. 9.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contain
    v 1: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new
         idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many
         old songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain,
         comprise]
    2: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The
       canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn:
       hold, bear, carry, contain]
    3: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or
       keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold
       your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" [syn:
       control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb,
       moderate]
    4: be divisible by; "24 contains 6"
    5: be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all
       the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" [syn: contain,
       take, hold]
    6: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or
       influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth
       of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel
       movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check,
       turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back]