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# confined

«confined» in Mova's school dictionary: **Kept inside a small or closed space (a confined space)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (confined); past form of verb confine (confine, confines, confined, confining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Kept inside a small or closed space (a confined space). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#m1)

2) Kept from going somewhere (confined to bed). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#m2)

3) Limited to a particular area or group (The problem is confined to one class). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#m3)

4) Past form of confine: to keep someone or something within limits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In safety: «confined spaces» like tanks or tunnels are dangerous because of bad air. In health: confined to bed when ill. In formal language: «confined to» means only in. Phrases: confined to barracks, confined space.

### examples

- The pup was confined to the kitchen at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#x1)
- Never play in confined spaces like old fridges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#x2)
- She was confined to bed with flu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#x3)
- The flood was confined to the low part of town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#x4)
- The prisoners were confined to their cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#x5)
- The fire was confined to one room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#x6)
- A FOX saw a Lion confined in a cage, and standing near him, bitterly reviled him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/#x7)

### note

Followed by «to»: confined to. Noun: confinement. Verb: confine; the noun «the confines» means limits (within the confines of the school).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «confined» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confined/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.