· place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

Synonym(s): restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle

Hypernym(s): control, hold_in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate

· restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

Synonym(s): limit, circumscribe

Hypernym(s): decrease, lessen, minify

· prevent from leaving or from being removed

Hypernym(s): restrain, keep, keep_back, hold_back

· close in; darkness enclosed him"

Synonym(s): enclose, hold_in

Hypernym(s): hold, bear, carry, contain

· deprive of freedom; take into confinement

Synonym(s): detain

Antonym(s): free

· to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

Synonym(s): restrain, hold

Hypernym(s): disable, disenable, incapacitate