Antonyms for containing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-teyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈteɪn |
Definition of containing
Origin :- late 13c., from Old French contein-, stem of contenir, from Latin continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from com- "together" (see com-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Containable.
- verb include, hold
- verb hold back, control
- I saw it as containing a principle that would work with me if I could work with it.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- We went into a large ward, containing some twenty or five-and-twenty beds.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- One containing a pound of meat may be cooked an hour and a quarter.
- Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
- In the bottom are a number of compartments, all containing quicksilver.
- Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell
- Peel and wash a pound of full grown potatoes, grate them on a bread grater into a deep dish, containing a quart of clear water.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- This is quite a large genus, containing fifty-four American species.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- If it be co-extensive with the one it will be co-equal with the one, or if containing the one it will be greater than the one?
- Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
- Space is said by Plato to be the 'containing vessel or nurse of generation.'
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- He took up the one containing the mixture and regarded it hopefully.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Do you remember the letter you made me burn, the one containing all your secrets?
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
Synonyms for containing
- accommodate
- be composed of
- bottle up
- check
- collect
- compose
- comprehend
- comprise
- consist of
- cool
- cork
- curb
- embody
- embrace
- enclose
- encompass
- harness
- have
- have capacity for
- hog-tie
- hold
- hold in
- incorporate
- involve
- keep back
- keep lid on
- put half nelson on
- rein
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- seat
- simmer down
- smother
- stifle
- stop
- subsume
- take in
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