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• v  place limits on (extent or access)
• v  restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
• v  prevent from leaving or from being removed
• v  close in; darkness enclosed him"
• v  deprive of freedom; take into confinement
• v  to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
• s  restricting the scope or freedom of action
• s  crowded

• restrict
• restrain
• trammel
• limit
• bound
• confine
• throttle
• circumscribe
• enclose
• hold in
• detain
• hold
• constraining
• constrictive
• limiting
• restricting
• close

• free

News & Articles

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• The “Mojofied” new grad’s job search checklist
  Congratulations, graduate! You’ve got the degree. You did the studying and you passed the tests. Now, all you need is a job. If you didn’t make it over to the Career Services office at your alma mater, you may be confining your post-college job search to just sending out resumes in response to posted job [...]The post The “Mojofied” new grad’s job search checklist ...
  June 13, 2013 - Denver Post

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in AFP
  The truth is, being president is also a little confining,Obama said, explaining how he came to neglect his connection with Americans as he faced multiple crises in his first year in office. "I can't just walk around and visit people like I...
• Saeb Erekat in EUX.TV
  President Abbas told Rice that confining talks between the Palestinian and Israeli sides to humanitarian and security issues is insufficient,chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told reporters.
• Javed Miandad in AFP
  I thought about it (the contract) last night before deciding it's better to quit. I never asked for a contract. I have not taken any money from the PCB but confining me to domestic issues was not acceptable to me,said Miandad.