confining
AdjectiveUS[kuhn-fahy-ning]/kənˈfaɪnɪŋ/3 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- restricting the scope or freedom of actionSynonyms: constrainingconstrictivelimitingrestrictingOpposite unrestrictiveSimilar restrictive
- crowded“close quarters”Synonyms: closeOpposite unconfinedSimilar confined
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“confining” is listed under Confine.
Con·fine′ (kŏn-fīn′), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Confined; present participle & verbal noun Confining.]
Origin: F. confiner to border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See Final, Finish.
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!— William Shakespeare
He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.— John Dryden
To be confined, to be in childbed.
Synonyms: To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose; circumscribe; restrict.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54