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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
confined
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a confined/enclosed space (=small and enclosed)
▪ It was difficult being together in such a confined space.
confined to a wheelchair (=has had to use a wheelchair)
▪ Lynn has been confined to a wheelchair for the last year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
space
▪ The design looks awkward, but feels well-balanced, and does allow the drill to be used in very confined spaces.
▪ On the other hand, she certainly didn't fancy joining Fen in the confined space between tiller and cabin.
▪ It rumbled noisily in the confined space.
▪ Earlier, Mrs Dart had sobbed as she recalled her daughter's fear of confined spaces.
▪ Ancistrus species, although smaller than Hypostomus, show aggression when kept in confined spaces.
▪ The smell of Teacher's and cheap cigars wafted across the confined space and she cringed inwardly.
▪ This will create a seating island which is probably all you need in a confined space.
▪ If you're working within a confined space, simply attach the Steamatic accessory adaptor to the short handle extension.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A confined gas exerts a constant pressure on the wall of its container uniformly in all directions.
▪ Groundwater in a confined aquifer is compressed elastically, rather like air in a tyre.
▪ In our confined chamber he seems larger than life, especially standing up.
▪ It excludes water that will not drain from small pore spaces, saline water, and water in deep confined aquifers.
▪ On the other hand, she certainly didn't fancy joining Fen in the confined space between tiller and cabin.
▪ The design looks awkward, but feels well-balanced, and does allow the drill to be used in very confined spaces.
▪ When water flows out from an artesian well in a confined aquifer, none of the pore space drains completely.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
confined

confined \confined\ adj.

  1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; -- usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.

    Note: [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining; homebound, housebound, shut-in; in childbed(prenominal); pent, shut up(predicate); snowbound; weather-bound; stormbound, storm-bound]

  2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or restraint.

  3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor area; -- of animals.

    Syn: fenced in, penned.

  4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.

  5. held prisoner.

    Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.

  6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area; as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.

Wiktionary
confined
  1. not free to move v

  2. (en-past of: confine)

WordNet
confined
  1. adj. not free to move about [ant: unconfined]

  2. enclosed by a confining fence [syn: fenced in, penned]

  3. not invading healthy tissue [ant: invasive]

  4. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or restraint

  5. in captivity [syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed]

Usage examples of "confined".

From 1868 until his death in 1892 he was confined with seventy of his followers in the penal colony of Acca on the Mediterranean coast.

Particularly instructive and well reported is the instance of bear cult of the Ainu of Japan, a Caucasoid race that entered and settled Japan centuries earlier than the Mongoloid Japanese, and are confined today to the northern islands, Hokkaido and Sakhalin -- the latter now, of course, in Russian hands.

Perhaps alone of the Algonkin tribes the Shawnees confined it to one totem, but it is remarkable that the greatest of their prophets, Elskataway, brother of Tecumseh, was not a member of this clan.

But now that it looked certain the Dyson aliens had been confined, shipboard speculation was heavily focused on the reason.

Some said he was not confined to the prison at all but went abroad at night.

The Cuban anolis is one of a large family of lizards, all of which are confined to America and the West Indian islands.

At the same time, the Archaea could no longer be confined against their will in the cryptoendolitic world.

It fell on an evening of blizzard, when everyone was confined to the hall and Joscelin came in shivering from the outdoors with an armload of wood for the cookstove.

Before the Ashura incident, attacks by Shiites against Israelis were sporadic and confined largely to tiny splinter factions.

He followed them down the ladder to the deck and herded them to the cage where Krause and Asoka were confined.

Others are automata with a limited routine, confined to a small area, but fully mobile, and can respond to humans in many languages.

He had taken the bit of sacking I had worn, and the slave beads, and the slave bracelets, which had confined my wrists.

HOTEL She opened the connecting door to their bedrooms where the Bedlington terriers had been confined.

The strongholds of Buddhism from AD 700 became increasingly confined to certain parts of Bihar and Bengal, where the religion began, and to the north-west, particular the Swat Valley and Kashmir.

Lesser craftsmen were confined to making routine blocks for smaller houses and paving stones for the streets.