Verb

• S: (v) restrain (restrain%2:35:00::), confine (confine%2:35:01::), hold (hold%2:35:03::), constrain (constrain%2:35:00::) (to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement) "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
• S: (v) restrain (restrain%2:35:01::), encumber (encumber%2:35:00::), cumber (cumber%2:35:00::) (restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult)
• S: (v) restrain (restrain%2:41:02::) (prevent (someone or something) from doing something) "security guards restrained the reporter from throwing another shoe"
• S: (v) restrain (restrain%2:30:01::), keep (keep%2:30:11::), keep back (keep_back%2:30:00::), hold back (hold_back%2:30:00::) (prevent the action or expression of) "hold back your anger"; "keep your cool"; "she struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays"