RESTRAIN


Meaning of RESTRAIN in English

— restrainable , adj. — restrainability , n. — restrainingly , adv.

/ri strayn"/ , v.t.

1. to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.

2. to deprive of liberty, as by arrest or the like.

3. to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect of: to restrain trade with Cuba.

[ 1350-1400; ME restreynen restreindre restringere to bind back, bind fast, equiv. to re- RE- + stringere to draw together; see STRAIN 1 ]

Syn. 1. bridle, suppress, constrain. See check. 2. restrict, circumscribe, confine, hinder, hamper.

Ant. 1. unbridle. 2. free, liberate.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .