confined
Americanadjective
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limited or restricted.
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unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.
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being in childbirth; being in parturition.
adjective
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enclosed or restricted; limited
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in childbed; undergoing childbirth
Other Word Forms
- confinedly adverb
- confinedness noun
- nonconfined adjective
- preconfinedly adverb
- unconfined adjective
Etymology
Origin of confined
Example Sentences
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They are confined to the Norfolk Broads, where they attract visitors from across the UK between late May and mid-July.
From BBC
Melvin Edwards did not see his art as confined to the black experience.
Correctional officers removed more than 150 incarcerated women from their cells and confined them in a dining hall while conducting a search of their housing unit, the complaint alleges.
From Los Angeles Times
The effective closure has led to a backup of vessels confined in the Persian Gulf that had already loaded crude oil, reducing the availability of global tanker capacity, the EIA says.
Skelly said she was considering vaccinating her ewes and lambs against bluetongue virus - a disease spread by biting midges that had previously been confined to Africa.
From BBC
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