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   restrain

   /rɪˈstreɪn/

   verb

   • 1. prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits: "the need to restrain public expenditure" Similar preventstopkeephold backhinderimpedehamperrestrictconstrainobstructarchaic:holdprohibitbanbardisallowinterdictforbidvetoproscribeenjoinOpposite forcecompelencourage
   • ▪ control (a strong urge or emotion): "Amiss had to restrain his impatience" Similar controlkeep under controlcheckhold/keep in checkcurbsuppressrepresscontainkeep within boundslimitregulaterestrictmoderatedampenput a brake onsubduesmotherchoke backstiflebridleleashbitmuzzlebottle upcorkrein backrein inkeep ininformal:keep the lid onOpposite provokeencourage
   • ▪ deprive (someone) of freedom of movement or personal liberty: "leg cuffs are used for restraining and transporting violent criminals" Similar tie upbindstraptrusspinionlashtetherchain (up)fettershacklemanacleput in ironshandcuff
   • ▪ (of a seat belt) hold (a person or part of their body) down and back while in a vehicle seat: "all front seats must be equipped with seat belts which restrain the upper part of the body"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French restreign-, stem of restreindre, from Latin restringere, from re- ‘back’ + stringere ‘to tie, pull tight’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. restrainable adjective
   • 2. restrainer noun

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   What is the difference between curb and restrain?

   • Restrain implies restriction or limitation, as on one's freedom of action: "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another" (Thomas Jefferson). To curb is to restrain as if with reins: "As a teacher he was rather dull. He curbed his own enthusiasms, finding that they distracted his attention" (E.M. Forster).

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   What does restraining mean?

   • Other forms: restrained; restraining; restrains Restrain means to hold yourself back, which is exactly what you'd have to do if, after weeks of dieting, you found yourself face to face with a dessert case filled with pies, cakes, and cookies.

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   What does unable to restrain mean?

   • If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do. She was unable to restrain her desperate anger. [VERB noun] Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone. [VERB noun] She wanted to ask, 'Aren't you angry with him?'

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   How was a cat restrained?

   • One gently restrained the cat in the sternal position at the center of a circular table. The animal was restrained in a loose-fitting canvas bag and the head fixed to a plexiglass frame using the aluminum crown. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   • English (US)

     to control the actions or behavior of someone by force,...

   • Znaczenie Restrain, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     restrain definicja: 1. to control the actions or behaviour...

   • Restrain in German

     restrain translate: zurückhalten. Learn more in the...

   • Restraining Order

     RESTRAINING ORDER definition: 1. a written instruction made...

   • Restrain in Russian

     RESTRAIN translate: сдерживать, удерживать , ограничивать ....

   • Vietnamese Translation

     RESTRAIN translate: kiềm chế. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Traditional

     RESTRAIN translate: 阻止，制止；遏制. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     RESTRAIN translate: 阻止，制止；遏制. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Restrain means to hold yourself back, which is exactly what you'd have to do if, after weeks of dieting, you found yourself face to face with a dessert case filled with pies, cakes, and cookies. Restrain can also mean to restrict or hold back someone else, to prevent someone from doing what they're intending to do.

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   Restrain definition: to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress. See examples of RESTRAIN used in a sentence.

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