Restrain - Definition

v 1: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile";
"Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: restrain,
keep, keep back, hold back]
2: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this
parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
bound, confine, throttle]
3: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
"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"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
[syn: restrain, confine, hold]
4: hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber,
constrain]
5: to compel or deter by or as if by threats [syn: intimidate,
restrain]