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Results for: "restrain"

Translating from English to Polish

Translations:

restrain
→ powstrzymać

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (5)

1. keep under control; keep in check;
- Example: "suppress a smile"
- Example: "Keep your temper"
- Example: "keep your cool"
[syn: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back]

2. place limits on (extent or access);
- Example: "restrict the use of this parking lot"
- Example: "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
[syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle]

3. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
- Example: "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"
- Example: "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"
- Example: "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"
- Example: "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
[syn: restrain, confine, hold]

4. hold back;
[syn: restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain]

5. to compel or deter by or as if by threats;
[syn: intimidate, restrain]