contain
Have within bounds
To contain is to hold something within limits or boundaries.
A jar contains pickles; a building contains offices; a report contains findings.
The word extends to restraint: She could barely contain her excitement.
To contain a threat, disease, or fire is to prevent it from spreading.
In math, a set contains its elements.
Limit freedom of movement
limit · restrict · constrain · inhibit · repress · stifle · hold back · keep in check
Shut in on all sides
- surroundEnclose on every side
- encircleSurround on all sides
- encaseSurround on all sides
- wrapEnclose by winding around
seal · box · cage · shell · capsule · envelope · sheath · cover
Make part of
- compriseInclude as parts
- encompassInclude within bounds
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- embraceHold closely in arms
embody · subsume · integrate · cover · span · involve · entail · comprehend
restrain
Limit freedom of movement
check · limit · restrict · constrain · inhibit · repress · stifle · hold back · keep in check · bridle
enclose
Shut in on all sides
wrap · seal · box · cage · shell · capsule · envelope · sheath · cover · compartment
include
Make part of
- compriseInclude as parts
- encompassInclude within bounds
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
embrace · embody · subsume · integrate · cover · span · involve · entail · comprehend · constitute
stop
Cease all motion
impede · thwart · arrest · stem · staunch · quarantine · isolate · cordon · seal off · localize
hold
Maintain in grasp
- storeRetail establishment
- houseResidential building
- accommodateProvide for or adjust
fit · seat · carry · capacity · volume · space · room · storage · vessel · receptacle
- bottling emotionsrepress, suppress, stifle, hold back, restrain
- confinementcell, cage, prison, jail, imprisonment
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- enclosingenvelop, surround, wrap, encircle, encase
- heat and fireignite, burn, flame, blaze, combust
- restrainhold back, suppress, hold in, keep in, keep down
- shipping containerSteel cargo enclosure
- bacterial contaminationHarmful microbes present
- contain oneselfSuppress one's impulses
- oil contaminationHarmful petroleum in environment
- storage containersVessels for holding items
- container shipVessel carrying standardized freight boxes
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