confining

1. place limits on (extent or access)Examples: "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

2. restrict or confine,Examples: "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"Synonyms: circumscribe, confine, limit

3. prevent from leaving or from being removedSynonyms: confine

4. close in; darkness enclosed him"Synonyms: confine, enclose, hold in

5. deprive of freedom; take into confinementSynonyms: confine, detainAntonyms: free

6. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movementExamples: "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"Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain