hem in [hem]
Main Entry:
ambush [am-boosh]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lie in wait; attack
Synonyms: ambuscade, assail, assault, box in, bushwhack, decoy, dry gulch, ensnare, entrap, hem in, hide, hook*, jap, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay
Main Entry: bound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: restrict
Synonyms: circumscribe, confine, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, determine, encircle, enclose, hem in, limit, mark, mark out, measure, restrain, restrict, surround, terminate
Antonyms: allow, let go, permit, unbind, unrestrict
Main Entry: circle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go around, circumnavigate
Synonyms: begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about
Main Entry: circumscribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mark off, delimit
Synonyms: bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel
Antonyms: free, loose, open
Main Entry: compass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose
Synonyms: beset, besiege, blockade, circle, circumscribe, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring, round, surround
Main Entry: confine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose, limit
Synonyms: bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, constrain, cool, cool down, cramp, delimit, detain, enslave, fix, hem in, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, ice*, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, put a lid on, put away, put on ice, repress, restrain, restrict, send up, shorten, shut up
Antonyms: free, let go, liberate, release
Main Entry: constrain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: force; restrain
Synonyms: ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, concuss, confine, constrict, cool off, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hem in, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, keep lid on, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun, stifle, urge, withhold
Antonyms: free, let go, release
Main Entry: coop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confine
Synonyms: cage, close in, corral, detain, enclose, fence in, hem in, hold captive, hold prisoner, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep, lock up, pen, put under lock and key, shut in, shut up, trap
Notes: a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization
Antonyms: set free
Main Entry: encircle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: circumscribe
Synonyms: band, begird, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, enring, envelop, environ, gird in, girdle, halo, hem in, inclose, invest, ring, surround, wreathe
Antonyms: let go, unloose
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