LEARNit Dictionary
confine
verb
/kənˈfaɪn/
UK
/kənˈfaɪn/
US
C1+
1
C1+
to keep somebody/something inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
محدود کردن, محصور کردن, حبس کردن
synonym
restrict
2
C1+
to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space
محصور کردن, زندانی کردن, حبس کردن
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
.
3
to have to stay in bed, in a wheelchair, etc.
بستری کردن
She was confined to bed with the flu.
He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.
She's been confined to a wheelchair since having a bad fall.