cabined

1. 1
   adjective

   Closed in a small, tight space with very little room to move.

   Like being shut inside a small box with no room to move.

   The cabined passengers grew restless during the long sea voyage.

   She felt cabined in the tiny attic, barely able to stretch her arms.

   Similarconfined, cramped, penned, wedged

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past tense and past participle of cabin. Use it for shutting someone or something into a small space.

   The storm cabined the travelers in a single room for three days.

   They were cabined together in the ship's hold for the whole trip.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Kept small or limited, with only a narrow range or scope.

   Like a path with high walls on both sides, letting you go only one way.

   His cabined view of the world left no room for new ideas.

   The new law gave the office only cabined powers over local spending.

   Similarlimited, restricted, narrow, confined, circumscribed

   Oppositebroad, expansive, wide, unlimited

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