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Verb
S:
(v)
enclose
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hold in
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confine
(close in)
"darkness enclosed him"
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S:
(v)
bound
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border
(form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
S:
(v)
embank
(enclose with banks, as for support or protection)
"The river was embanked with a dyke"
S:
(v)
rail
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rail in
(enclose with rails)
"rail in the old graves"
S:
(v)
box in
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box up
(enclose or confine as if in a box)
S:
(v)
frame
(enclose in a frame, as of a picture)
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
control
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hold in
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hold
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contain
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check
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curb
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moderate
(lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits)
"moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
conceal
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hold back
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hold in
(hold back; keep from being perceived by others)
"She conceals her anger well"