verb [VN]
1 ~ sb/sth to sth [oftenpassive] to keep sb/sth inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
SYNRESTRICT:
The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area. * I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916.
2 ~ sb/sth (in sth) [usuallypassive] to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space:
Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage. * Here the river is confined in a narrow channel. * The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punishment)
3 be confined to bed, a wheelchair, etc. to have to stay in bed, in a WHEELCHAIR, etc:
She was confined to bed with the flu. * He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for confine is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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