which term means to keep or restrict?
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restrict 1. limit, fix, regulate, specify, curb, ration, keep within bounds or limits a move to restrict the number of students on campus at any one time. limit free, allow, encourage, promote, permit, foster, widen, broaden. 2. hamper, impede, handicap, restrain, cramp, inhibit, straiten The shoulder straps restrict movement.
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reserve Synonym Discussion of withhold. keep, retain, detain, withhold, reserve mean to hold in one's possession or under one's control. keep may suggest a holding securely in one's possession, custody, or control. ⟨keep this while I'm gone⟩ retain implies continued keeping, especially against threatened seizure or forced loss.
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restrict Definition of restrict for English Language Learners. : 1  to limit the amount or range of (something) : 2  to prevent (someone) from doing something. : 3  to allow (someone) to only have or do a particular thing.
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- The definition of a restraint is something that restricts freedom or prevents someone from doing something. When someone is tied up and prevented from moving, this is an example of restraint. When your budget sets a limit on how much you can spend for Christmas, this is an example of financial restraint.
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- › To restrain is also to ​limit the ​growth or ​force of something: Politicians are ​reluctant to restrain ​spending. (Definition of restrain from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press).
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stricture 1. A restraint, limit, or restriction: strictures placed on free assembly; strictures against food in the library; the strictures of traditional gender roles.2. An abnormal narrowing of a bodily duct or passage.3. restraint, limit, or restriction: strictures placed on free assembly; strictures against food in the library; the strictures of traditional gender roles.
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What is Censorship? According to Webster's Dictionary, to censor means to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable.. The word censor originated in ancient Rome, where the government appointed officials to take the census and to supervise public morals.
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inhibit Inhibit is defined as to hold back or keep something from happening. An example of inhibit is locking a door to keep people from coming in. to hold back or keep from some action, feeling, etc.; check or repress.
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suppress verb (used with object) 1. to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties. 2. to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.). 3. to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
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detain keep, retain, detain, withhold, reserve mean to hold in one's possession or under one's control. keep may suggest a holding securely in one's possession, custody, or control. keep this while I'm gone
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Definitions &Translations Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  constraint, restraint(noun) the state of being physically constrained. 2  restraint, constraint(noun) a device that retards something's motion. 3  constraint(noun) the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others.
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- limited, 1830, past participle adjective from restrict; of documents, etc., secret, not for public release it is recorded from 1944. In U.S., restricted was a euphemism for off-limits to Jews (1947).
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preserve Definition of preserve. preserved. ; preserving. transitive verb. 1 : to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction : protect. 2a : to keep alive, intact, or free from decayb : maintain. 3a : to keep or save from decompositionb : to can, pickle, or similarly prepare for future use.
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constrain Definition of constrain. transitive verb. 1a : to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation Teenagers often feel constrained by rules. an artist constrained by a client's requirementsb : to restrict the motion of (a mechanical body) to a particular mode.
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Restriction of Range: Definition & Examples In this scenario, you've restricted the range. In the field of statistics, restricting the range means to limit the data in the population to some criterion, or use a subset of data to determine whether two pieces of information are correlated, or connected. Let's look at another example.
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- Definition of confine. 1  1 confines plural a : something (such as borders or walls) that encloses outside the confines of the office or hospital — W. A. Nolen; also : something that restrains escape from the confines of soot and clutter — E. S. Muskieb : scope 3 work within the confines of a small group — Frank Newman.
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- 1. and keep someone or something off Lit. to do something physical to keep someone or something away; to stave someone or something off. Tom was trying to rob us, but we managed to hold him off. We held off the attackers.
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reserve keep, retain, detain, withhold, reserve mean to hold in one's possession or under one's control. keep may suggest a holding securely in one's possession, custody, or control. retain implies continued keeping, especially against threatened seizure or forced loss.eep, retain, detain, withhold, reserve mean to hold in one's possession or under one's control. keep may suggest a holding securely in one's possession, custody, or control. retain implies continued keeping, especially against threatened seizure or forced loss.
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Fragmin Fragmin (dalteparin) is an anticoagulant that helps prevent the formation of blood clots. Fragmin is used together with aspirin to prevent blood vessel complications in people with certain types of angina (chest pain) or heart attack. Fragmin is also used to prevent a type of blood clot called deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which can lead to blood clots in the lungs (pulmonary embolism). A DVT can occur after certain types of surgery, or in people who are bed-ridden due to a prolonged illness.
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confine Confine definition, to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book. See more.
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restriction restriction. n. 1. something that restricts; a restrictive measure, law, etc. 2. the act of restricting or the state of being restricted. 3. (Logic) logic maths a condition that imposes a constraint on the possible values of a variable or on the domain of arguments of a function.
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hold Hold is sometimes used with the meaning 'have' or 'possess'. It is used, for example, with words like licence and passport. You need to hold a work permit. It is also used with words like opinion. He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own.
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- to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper. 2. to deprive of liberty, as by arrest or the like. 3. to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect of: to restrain trade with Cuba.
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- retain. 1  to keep possession of. 2  to continue to use, practice, etc.: to retain an old custom. 3  to continue to hold or have: to retain a prisoner in custody; a cloth that retains its color. 4  to keep in mind; remember. 5  to hold in place or position. 6  to engage, especially by payment of a preliminary fee: to retain a lawyer.
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- A cow carrying a calf a long time in one gestation is likely to do so in the next gestation. Some cows in this study had an average gestation period of 288 to 290 days, whereas others had a period of only 274 to 276 days, irrespective of the sex of the calf.
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confine confine. 1  to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book. 2  to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.: For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days.