Definition von restrain

Häufigkeit

restrain

(rɪstreɪn )

Wortformen:3rd person singular present tense restrains , present participle restraining , past tense, past participle restrained

1. Verb

If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength.

Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me. [VERB noun]

One onlooker had to be restrained by police. [VERB noun]

Synonyme:hold back, hold, control, check Weitere Synonyme von restrain

2. Verb

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?' But she restrained herself from doing so. [VERB noun + from]

Synonyme:control, keep in, limit, govern Weitere Synonyme von restrain

3. Verb

To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large.

The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation. [VERB noun]

In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption. [VERB noun]

Weitere Synonyme von restrain

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Häufigkeit

restrain in American

(rɪˈstreɪn ; ristrānˈ)

Verb transitiv

to hold back from action; check; suppress; curb

to keep under control

to deprive of physical liberty, as by shackling, arresting, etc.

to limit; restrict

SYNONYMY NOTE: restrain, the term of broadest application in this list, suggests the use of strong force or authority either in preventing, or in suppressing and controlling, some action [try to restrain your zeal]; curb, check, bridle derive their current implications from the various uses of a horse's harness, , curb implying a sudden, sharp action to bring something under control [to curb one's tongue], check implying a slowing up of action or progress [to check inflationary trends], and bridle suggesting a holding in of emotion, feelings, etc. [to bridle one's envy]; inhibit, as used in psychology, implies a suppressing or repressing of some action, thought, or emotion [her natural verve had become inhibited]

OPPOSITE: free

Abgeleitete Formen

restrainable (reˈstrainable)

Adjektiv

restrainedly (reˈstrainedly)

Adverb

Wortherkunft von restrain

ME restreinen < OFr restreindre < L restringere < re-, back + stringere, to draw tight: see strict

Häufigkeit

restrain in British

(rɪˈstreɪn )

Verb (transitive)

to hold (someone) back from some action, esp by force

to deprive (someone) of liberty, as by imprisonment

to limit or restrict

Abgeleitete Formen

restrainable (reˈstrainable)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von restrain

C14 restreyne, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere to draw back tightly, from re- + stringere to draw, bind; see strain1

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Scores more protesters were restrained by police while waving trade union banners and shouting abuse. The Sun (2010)It took six police officers to restrain him. The Sun (2012)He tried to fight his way into the home but had to be restrained by police officers. The Sun (2012)In general the police were restrained. Times, Sunday Times (2008)Do not restrain legs and arms, or put anything in their mouth. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Inflation was restrained not because of structural changes in the economy but by the effect of inexpensive Chinese imports. Times, Sunday Times (2012)