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- pronunciation:
- rih
streIn
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
restrains, restraining, restrained |
| definition: |
When you restrain a person or animal, you hold them back. You don't let them move forward or away from you. If you restrain yourself, you hold yourself back in some way. You don't let yourself do something that part of you wants to do.
When my dog saw the squirrel, I couldn't restrain him.Tyler wanted to eat all of the cake that was left, but he restrained himself.- synonyms:
- control, hold, moderate
- antonyms:
- release
- similar words:
- check, confine, contain, curb, dominate, leash, limit, restrict, swallow
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| related words: |
arrest, cage, combat, discourage, forbid, guard, halt, handicap, master, moderate, prevent, still |
| derivations: |
restrainable (adj.), restrained (adj.), restrainedly (adv.), restrainingly (adv.) |
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