Synonyms for confining
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuhn-fahyn for 1, 2, 5, 6; kon-fahyn for 3, 4 |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfaɪn for 1, 2, 5, 6; ˈkɒn faɪn for 3, 4 |
Définition of confining
Origin :- c.1400, "boundary, limit" (usually as confines), from Old French confins "boundaries," from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium (plural confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neuter of confinis "bordering on, having the same boundaries," from com- "with" (see com-) + finis "an end" (see finish (n.)).
- noun restricting
- I am considering them apart, and confining myself wholly to the words of the song.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Only yesterday we spoke of confining him, but poor old father pleaded not.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- I am confining myself to explaining how the "System" gets its money.
- Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
- Reuben began to complain that harnessmaking was too confining.
- Extract from : « The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know » by Thomas Forsyth Hunt
- Look around you, as here you may look, unhindered by any confining walls.
- Extract from : « The Singing Mouse Stories » by Emerson Hough
- To be sure they spoke of confining me in a strait-jacket—but, good God!
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- Confining yourself to instinct, can you divine when we shall sup?
- Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I am now confining my argument to Negro suffrage in the rebel states.
- Extract from : « The Sequel of Appomattox » by Walter Lynwood Fleming
- Vast sums of money are expended in confining this river within its banks.
- Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
- The advantage of confining your captives for a short time is obvious.
- Extract from : « Wild Ducks » by W. Coape Oates
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