0%

All contain synonyms

conΒ·tain
C c

verb contain

  • include β€” to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
  • incorporate β€” to form into a legal corporation.
  • accommodate β€” If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
  • involve β€” to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
  • have β€” Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • stop β€” to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • collect β€” If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
  • curb β€” If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
  • cool β€” Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
  • harness β€” the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
  • restrain β€” to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • rein β€” Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
  • stifle β€” to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • cork β€” Cork is a soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree.
  • seat β€” something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
  • subsume β€” to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
  • comprehend β€” If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
  • hold β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • comprise β€” If you say that something comprises or is comprised of a number of things or people, you mean it has them as its parts or members.
  • hog-tie β€” If someone hog-ties an animal or a person, they tie their legs together, or they tie their arms and legs together.
  • compose β€” The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
  • smother β€” to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • repress β€” to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
  • restrict β€” to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
  • bottle up β€” If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
  • hold in β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • keep back β€” to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • simmer down β€” to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
  • cover β€” If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • surround β€” to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
  • cheque β€” A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
  • control β€” Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
  • hold back β€” to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • inhibit β€” to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
  • suppress β€” to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
  • limit β€” the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
  • delimit β€” If you delimit something, you fix or establish its limits.
  • confine β€” To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
  • take in β€” the act of taking.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?