restrain

v 1: keep under control [syn: {keep}, {keep back}, {hold back}]

2: place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot"

[syn: {restrict}, {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: {confine}, {hold}]

4: hold back [syn: {encumber}, {cumber}, {constrain}]

5: to compel or deter by or as if by threats [syn: {intimidate}]