confine
verb
• keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).
• "he does not confine his message to high politics"
Similar:
enclose,
incarcerate,
imprison,
intern,
impound,
hold captive,
trap,
shut in/up,
keep,
pen in/up,
cage,
lock in/up,
coop (up),
box up/in,
immure,
mew up,
fence in,
hedge in,
hurdle,
rail in,
wall in/up,
encircle,
surround,
ring,
encompass,
hem in,
close in,
kettle,
corral,
gird,
compass,
restrict,
limit,
keep within the limits of,
not allow to go beyond,
confine
noun
• the borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement.
• "within the confines of the hall escape was difficult"
Similar:
limits,
outer limits,
borders,
boundaries,
margins,
extremities,
edges,
fringes,
marches,
periphery,
perimeter,
circumference,
compass,
precinct,
pale,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from French confins (plural noun), from Latin confinia, from confinis ‘bordering’, from con- ‘together’ + finis ‘end, limit’ (plural fines ‘territory’). The verb senses are from French confiner, based on Latin confinis .
