restrain (v)
confine#1 (v)
hold#3 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
examples 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
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 10 Something ----s somebody
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym disable, disenable, incapacitate
Derivationally related form hold → hold
Derivationally related form hold → hold
Derivationally related form restrain → restrainer
Derivationally related form restrain → restraint
Hyponym tie down, tie up, bind, truss; fetter, shackle; enchain; pinion, shackle; impound, pound; pound, pound up; pen up, fold; ground
Incoming links
Derivationally related form hold → hold
Derivationally related form restrainer → restrain
Derivationally related form restraint → restrain
Derivationally related form hold → hold
Hyponym disable, disenable, incapacitate
Hypernym tie down, tie up, bind, truss; fetter, shackle; enchain; pinion, shackle; impound, pound; pound, pound up; pen up, fold; ground

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