v. confinar, circunscribir, limitar; encarcelar, aprisionar, emparedar, encerrar, encerrar con tranca; comprender, localizar; enclaustrar, recluir

v.- confinar | encarcelar | encerrar | detener | arrestar enclaustrar | acuartelar | recluir | cautivar | limitar

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s.- confín | encierro | límite | horizonte

m. frontera, límite

(n.) = confín, límite.
Ex: For a century we have been repeating inanities and keeping up this timid, non-committal retreat from society, but if we think of ourselves as communicating librarians we may see our inescapable involvement within the confines (but the illimitable confines) of our profession.

(v.) = confinar, limitar.
Ex: Until the mid nineteenth century the concept of authorship was confined to personal authors.

v.- ser privativo de

v. limit, restrict; imprison

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Verb
1. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
(synonym) limit, circumscribe
(hypernym) decrease, lessen, minify
(hyponym) hold down
2. place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
(synonym) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle
(hypernym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
(hyponym) reduce, tighten
3. prevent from leaving or from being removed
(hypernym) restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
(hyponym) cabin
4. close in or confine
(synonym) enclose, hold in
(hypernym) hold, bear, carry, contain
(hyponym) bound, border
(derivation) confinement
5. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
(synonym) detain
(antonym) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
(hyponym) keep
(derivation) confinement
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"
(synonym) restrain, hold
(hypernym) disable, disenable, incapacitate
(hyponym) tie down, tie up, bind, truss

adj. confined, shut in

v. confine, limit; border

nm. border, boundary, line, pale, confines, bound