Restrict

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To keep or confine within limits. See Synonyms at limit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
  • v. To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Restricted.
  • v. To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To prevent (a person or thing) from passing a certain limit in any kind of action; limit; restrain.
  • To attach limitations to (a proposition or conception), so that it shall not apply to all the subjects to which it would otherwise seem to apply: as, a restricted sense of a word.
  • Synonyms Repress, etc. (see restrain), hedge in.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. place limits on (extent or access)
  • v. make more specific
  • v. place restrictions on
  • v. place under restrictions; limit access to
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    modify   
    Cross Reference
    confine   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    restricted    limit    repress    coerce    circumscribe    curb    restrain    bound   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    addict    afflict    clicked    conflict    constrict    contradict    convict    depict    evict    handpicked   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts