restrain#1 (v)
keep (v)
keep back (v)
hold back (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def keep under control
def keep in check
examples suppress a smile
Keep your temper
keep your cool
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 20 Somebody ----s somebody PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym inhibit, bottle up, suppress
Derivationally related form restrain → restrainer; restrain → restraint
Hyponym hold; confine; inhibit, bottle up, suppress; control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Incoming links
Derivationally related form restraint → restrain; restrainer → restrain
Hypernym hold; confine; inhibit, bottle up, suppress; control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Hyponym inhibit, bottle up, suppress

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