has gloss | (verb) 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" restrain, hold, confine |
lexicalization | eng: confine |
lexicalization | eng: hold |
lexicalization | eng: restrain |
subclass of | (verb) make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" disable, disenable, incapacitate |
has subclass | (verb) secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed" tie up, truss, tie down, bind |
has subclass | (verb) restrain with fetters fetter, shackle |
has subclass | (verb) restrain or bind with chains enchain |
has subclass | (verb) bind the arms of pinion, shackle |
has subclass | (verb) place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" pound, impound |
has subclass | (verb) shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded" pound, pound up |
has subclass | (verb) confine in a fold, like sheep fold, pen up |
has subclass | (verb) confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot" ground |