Definitions for confined

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confined con·fined

Spelling: [kuh n-fahynd]

IPA: /kənˈfaɪnd/

Confined is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in confined (cdefinno).

Definitions for confined

noun

1. Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
2. Often, confines. region; territory.
3. Archaic. confinement.
4. Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison.

adjective

1. limited or restricted.
2. unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.
3. being in childbirth; being in parturition.

verb (used with object)

1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict:
2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.:

Origin of confined

confine + -ed²

Examples for confined

The series also reversed a long trend that saw the character paralyzed by the Joker and confined to a wheelchair for a decade.

Former Missouri State Senator Chuck Graham is paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair.

Not long after his arrival he had a slight attack of fever, which confined him to his bed.

He is confined to his room, and is positively starving for company.

And what less did the world think of me now, he asked, than that I was confined that I might not?

She could no longer go to the orchestra; she was confined to a wheelchair.

Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.

If it be possible for so universal a lover to be confined so long to one object?

It might have been better had I confined myself to seconding the motion.

You can clink your wine glass and deliver an impassioned speech about conquering the demons that kept you confined in the closet.