restrain
1. keep under control;
keep in check (Freq. 11)
- suppress a smile
- Keep your temper
- keep your cool
• Syn:
keep, keep back, hold back
• Derivationally related forms:
restrainer, restraint
• Hypernyms:
inhibit, bottle up, suppress
• Hyponyms:
hold, confine, inhibit, bottle up, suppress,
control, hold in, contain, check, curb, moderate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
2. place limits on (extent or access) (Freq. 3)
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
• Syn:
restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
• Derivationally related forms:
bound (for: bound), limiter (for: limit), limit (for: limit), limitation (for: limit), trammel (for: trammel), restrainer, restrictive (for: restrict), restriction (for: restrict)
• Hypernyms:
control, hold in, hold, contain, check,
curb, moderate
• Hyponyms:
reduce, tighten, tie, gate, draw the line,
draw a line, mark off, mark out, rule, harness, rein,
baffle, regulate, hamper, halter, cramp, strangle,
stiffen, tighten up, constrain, clamp down, crack down, inhibit,
encumber, cumber
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement (Freq. 1)
- 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:
confine, hold
• Derivationally related forms:
hold (for: hold), restrainer, restraint
• Hypernyms:
disable, disenable, incapacitate
• Hyponyms:
tie down, tie up, bind, truss, fetter,
shackle, enchain, pinion, impound, pound, pound up,
pen up, fold, ground
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- They want to restrain the prisoners
4. hold back (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
encumber, cumber, constrain
• Derivationally related forms:
restrainer
• Hypernyms:
restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
• Hyponyms:
bridle, curb, clog
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. to compel or deter by or as if by threats
• Syn:
intimidate
• Derivationally related forms:
restrainer, intimidation (for: intimidate)
• Hypernyms:
discourage
• Hyponyms:
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off,
scare away, frighten away, scare
• Entailment:
warn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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