restrain
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Is restrain a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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- Wordle No
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To control or keep in check.Examples: "As with vicarious mismenstruation, the abnormal cessation only requires strict attention to the general health, with such measures to restrain hemorrhage as have already been indicated."Synonyms: checktransitive
2. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.Synonyms: confine, detaintransitive
3. (transitive) To restrict or limit.Examples: "He was restrained by the straitjacket."; "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."transitive
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To strain again.Examples: "Squeeze the juice from 3 oranges and let the juice stand. Then pour it off, strain, and mix with the syrup. Restrain the liquid and chill in a mold."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary