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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. keep under control; keep in check;
- Example: "suppress a smile"
- Example: "Keep your temper"
- Example: "keep your cool"
[syn: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back]

2. place limits on (extent or access);
- Example: "restrict the use of this parking lot"
- Example: "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
[syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle]

3. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
- Example: "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"
- Example: "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"
- Example: "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"
- Example: "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
[syn: restrain, confine, hold]

4. hold back;
[syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain]

5. to compel or deter by or as if by threats;
[syn: intimidate, restrain]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Restrain \Re*strain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Restrained; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Restraining.] [OE. restreinen, F. restreindre, fr.
   L. restringere, restrictum; pref. re- re- + stringere to
   draw, bind, or press together. See Strain, v. t., and cf.
   Restrict.]
   1. To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding,
      or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any
      interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep
      down; to curb.
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            Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature
            Gives way to in repose!               --Shak.
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   2. To draw back toghtly, as a rein. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   3. To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
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            Though they two were committed, at least restrained
            of their liberty.                     --Clarendon.
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   4. To limit; to confine; to restrict. --Trench.
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            Not only a metaphysical or natural, but a moral,
            universality also is to be restrained by a part of
            the predicate.                        --I. Watts.
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   5. To withhold; to forbear.
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            Thou restrained prayer before God.    --Job. xv. 4.
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   Syn: To check; hinder; stop; withhold; repress; curb;
        suppress; coerce; restrict; limit; confine.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

restrain
    v 1: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile";
         "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: restrain,
         keep, keep back, hold back]
    2: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this
       parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
       friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
       bound, confine, throttle]
    3: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
       "This holds the local until the express passengers change
       trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the
       stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention
       center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
       [syn: restrain, confine, hold]
    4: hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber,
       constrain]
    5: to compel or deter by or as if by threats [syn: intimidate,
       restrain]