1. (

• restrict ,
• trammel ,
• limit ,
• bound ,
• confine ,
• throttle ,

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

2. (

• confine ,

) prevent from leaving or from being removed ;

3. (

• enclose ,
• hold_in ,
• confine

) close in; "darkness enclosed him" ;

4. (

• confine ,
• detain

) deprive of freedom; take into confinement ;

5. (

• restrain ,
• confine ,
• hold ,
• constrain

) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free 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" ;