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restrain en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ɹɪˈstɹeɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English restreinen, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere (“fasten, tighten”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To control or keep in check.
   • As with vicarious mismenstruation, the abnormal cessation only requires strict attention to the general health, with such measures to restrain hemorrhage as have already been indicated. 1875, Russell Thacher Trall, The Mother's Hygienic Hand-book, page 42:
2. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
3. (transitive) To restrict or limit.
   • In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised. 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
   • He was restrained by the straitjacket.

Forms

Deriveds

underrestrain · unrestrain · restrainable · overrestrained · restrainment · restrainer · overrestrain

Relateds

restrict · constrain · restraint

Synonyms

detain (deprive of liberty) · confine (deprive of liberty) · check (control or keep in check) · withstrain · limit

Translations (117)

ru обу́здывать (to control or keep in check) · it trattenersi (to control or keep in check) · la compescō (to deprive of liberty) · de eingrenzen (to restrict or limit) · ro opri (to restrict or limit) · mi tautāwhi (to restrict or limit) · oc reténer (to deprive of liberty) · gd srian (to restrict or limit) · ru сде́рживать (to restrict or limit) · uk обме́жувати (to restrict or limit) · bg въздържам (to control or keep in check) · th กักขัง (to deprive of liberty) · fr retenir (to control or keep in check) · ru сдержа́ть (to restrict or limit) · bg ограничавам (to restrict or limit) · it trattenere (to deprive of liberty) · fr restreindre (to restrict or limit) · la teneo (to control or keep in check) · oc reténer (to control or keep in check) · ru лиша́ть свобо́ды (to deprive of liberty) · de abgrenzen (to restrict or limit) · it delimitare (to restrict or limit) · th ยับยั้ง (to restrict or limit) · de behindern (to deprive of liberty) · ca restringir (to restrict or limit) · ga coisc (to control or keep in check) · hy զսպել (to restrict or limit) · grc ἐρύκω (to control or keep in check) · pt coibir (to control or keep in check) · pt conter (to restrict or limit) · gd srian (to control or keep in check) · cs mít pod kontrolou (to control or keep in check) · cs omezit (to restrict or limit) · nl beteugelen (to control or keep in check) · gl cavidar (to control or keep in check) · ro reține (to deprive of liberty) · ca contenir (to control or keep in check) · ro reține (to control or keep in check) · pt encarcerar (to deprive of liberty) · pt conter (to control or keep in check) · ru задержа́ть (to deprive of liberty) · uk стри́мувати (to control or keep in check) · it contenere (to restrict or limit) · hu korlátoz (to restrict or limit) · cs provést restrikci (to restrict or limit) · it limitare (to restrict or limit) · bg задържам (to deprive of liberty) · nl beperken (to restrict or limit) · th รั้งตัว (to restrict or limit) · cs omezit (to deprive of liberty) · fi pidättää (to restrict or limit) · ca retenir (to control or keep in check) · cmn 克制 (to control or keep in check) · de einschränken (to deprive of liberty) · cmn 抑 (to deprive of liberty) · cs restringovat (to restrict or limit) · nl onderdrukken (to deprive of liberty) · lt varžyti (to restrict or limit) · fi rajoittaa (to restrict or limit) · ru ограни́чивать (to restrict or limit) · ro restrânge (to restrict or limit) · ro deține (to deprive of liberty) · ro a ține închis (to deprive of liberty) · fi kukistaa (to deprive of liberty) · mi whakatina (to control or keep in check) · ru заключи́ть (to deprive of liberty) · pt reprimir (to deprive of liberty) · mi whakaita (to deprive of liberty) · ru ограни́чить (to restrict or limit) · hy զսպել (to control or keep in check) · th ควบคุม (to control or keep in check) · oc conténer (to control or keep in check) · bg сдържам (to control or keep in check) · grc κωλύω (to control or keep in check) · it restringere (to restrict or limit) · no tøyla (to control or keep in check) · de begrenzen (to restrict or limit) · ro înfrâna (to control or keep in check) · ro împiedica (to restrict or limit) · fr réprimer (to deprive of liberty) · oc déténer (to deprive of liberty) · mi whakaita (to control or keep in check) · bg възпирам (to restrict or limit) · la reprimō (to control or keep in check) · cs oklešťovat (to restrict or limit) · pt deter (to control or keep in check) · ru сде́рживать (to control or keep in check) · it sorvegliare (to control or keep in check) · la refrēnō (to control or keep in check) · cs zbavit svobody (to deprive of liberty) · nl beteugelen (to restrict or limit) · ru сдержа́ть (to control or keep in check) · pt restringir (to restrict or limit) · de zügeln (to control or keep in check) · ru обузда́ть (to control or keep in check) · oc mestrejar (to control or keep in check) · mi nanati (to control or keep in check) · es refrenar (to control or keep in check) · hu korlátoz (to deprive of liberty) · uk позбавля́ти во́лі (to deprive of liberty) · ca retenir (to deprive of liberty) · fi hallita (to control or keep in check) · it ridurre (to restrict or limit) · mi whakatōnga (to control or keep in check) · ca reprimir (to control or keep in check) · es restreñir (to control or keep in check) · ro îngrădi (to restrict or limit) · th รั้ง (to restrict or limit) · gl reprimir (to control or keep in check) · ru лиши́ть свобо́ды (to deprive of liberty) · fi hillitä (to control or keep in check) · nl begrenzen (to restrict or limit) · ru заключа́ть (to deprive of liberty) · mi nati (to control or keep in check) · it trattenere (to control or keep in check) · uk стри́мувати (to restrict or limit) · ru заде́рживать (to deprive of liberty)

restrain en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From re- + strain.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To strain again.
   • Squeeze the juice from 3 oranges and let the juice stand. Then pour it off, strain, and mix with the syrup. Restrain the liquid and chill in a mold. 1998, Elena Molokhovets, Classic Russian Cooking, page 360:

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