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1. (v.t.) restrain
to hold back from action; check or control; repress.
2. restrain
to deprive of liberty, as by arrest; confine.
3. restrain
to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect of:
to restrain trade with Cuba.
Etymology: (1350–1400; restreynen < MF restreindre < L restringere to bind back, bind fast =re-re - +stringere to draw together; cf. strain1)
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| Definition of 'restrain' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
keep under control; keep in check
"suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
2. (verb) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
3. (verb) restrain, confine, hold
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"
4. (verb) restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
hold back
5. (verb) intimidate, restrain
to compel or deter by or as if by threats
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1. (verb) restrain
to hold sb so that they cannot move
Police officers had to restrain him.
2. restrain
restrain yourself
to stop yourself from doing sth
I wanted to laugh but restrained myself.
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| Definition of 'restrain' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) restrain
to draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb
2. (verb) restrain
to draw back toghtly, as a rein
3. (verb) restrain
to hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge
4. (verb) restrain
to limit; to confine; to restrict
5. (verb) restrain
to withhold; to forbear
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Sense: to prevent from doing something; to control
He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.
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 Afrikaans: beheers |
 Arabic: يَكْظُم، يَكْبَح، يَمْنَع |
 Bulgarian: въздържам |
 Brazilian: conter / reter / reprimir |
 Czech: ovládat (se), krotit |
 German: zurückhalten |
 Danish: beherske sig; holde tilba |
 Greek: συγκρατώ, ελέγχω |
 Spanish: refrenar(se), contenerse |
 Estonian: tagasi hoidma, ohjeldama |
 Farsi: خودداری کردن؛ باز داشتن |
 Finnish: estää |
 French: (se) contenir/retenir |
 Hebrew: לְרָסֵן |
 Hindi: रोकना, स्वतंत्रता का हनन |
 Croatian: obuzdati, spriječiti |
 Hungarian: visszatart |
 Indonesian: mencegah, mengendalikan |
 Icelandic: halda aftur af |
 Italian: contenere, frenare |
 Japanese: 抑える |
 Korean: 억제하다 |
 Lithuanian: sulaikyti |
 Latvian: apvaldīt |
 Malay: menahan |
 Dutch: bedwingen |
 Norwegian: holde tilbake, beherske ( |
 Polish: powstrzymać |
 Persian: خودداری کردن؛ باز داشتن |
 Pashto: ځان ساتل، مخه نيول، ډډه ك |
 Portuguese: conter |
 Romanian: a (se) stăpâni; a împiedi |
 Russian: сдерживать(ся) |
 Slovak: ovládať sa |
 Slovenian: zadržati (se), obvladati |
 Serbian: suzdržati se |
 Swedish: lägga band på, hindra, ty |
 Thai: ยับยั้ง |
 Turkish: engellemek, mâni olmak |
 Taiwanese: 克制 |
 Ukrainian: стримувати(ся) |
 Urdu: قابو میں رکھنا |
 Vietnamese: kiềm chế |
 Chinese: 抑制 |
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