confine (
http://definr.com/confine)
v 1: restrict or confine, as to area, extent, time, etc. [syn:
limit,
circumscribe]
2: place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot"
[syn:
restrict,
restrain,
trammel,
limit,
bound,
throttle]
3: prevent from leaving or from being removed
4: close in or confine [syn:
enclose,
hold in]
5: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn:
detain]
[ant:
free]
6: 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,
hold]