confined

1. 1
   adjective

   Kept in a place and not able to move around freely.

   Like a bird kept in a cage that cannot fly away.

   The animals looked unhappy and confined in their small cages.

   He felt confined in the tiny room with no windows.

   Similarrestricted, penned, caged, enclosed, trapped

   Oppositefree, unconfined, unrestricted, loose

2. 2
   adjective

   Small in size or amount, with little space or range.

   Like looking through a narrow tube that shows only a small part of the room.

   They worked in a confined space under the floor.

   Her view of the world stayed narrow and confined.

   Similarlimited, restricted, narrow, cramped, tight

   Oppositebroad, wide, spacious, roomy

3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of confine. Use this form for something that already happened, or with 'have' or 'was'.

   The guards confined the prisoner to his cell.

   She confined her remarks to the main topic.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Going through childbirth, or resting in bed after having a baby.

   Like the time a mother spends resting in bed right around when her baby is born.

   She was confined last week and gave birth to a healthy boy.

   The young mother stayed confined for several days after the birth.

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