About The Word Detain
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Detain
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What's The Definition Of Detain?
[v] cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"
[v] stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [v] deprive of freedom; take into confinement Synonyms | Synonyms for Detain: confine | delay | hold up | stay Related Terms | Find terms related to Detain: apprehend | arrest | backpedal | backwater | block | bog down | bottle up | box up | brake | bust | buttonhole | cage | check | clip the wings | cloister | confine | constrain | coop | coop in | coop up | cork up | countercheck | crib | curb | dam up | damp | dampen | decelerate | delay | drag | draw rein | ease off | ease up | encage | enclose | fence in | hang up | hem in | hinder | hold | hold back | hold in check | hold in custody | hold in restraint | hold up | immure | impede | impound | inhibit | intercept | interfere | intermeddle | interrupt | intervene | keep | keep back | keep in | keep in check | keep in custody | keep in detention | keep out | lag | let down | let up | lose ground | lose momentum | lose speed | make late | meddle | mew | mew up | mire | moderate | nab | obstruct | oppose | pen | pen up | pick up | pinch | pound | pull in | rail in | reef | rein in | relax | repress | reserve | resist | restrain | restrict | retain | retard | run in | scotch | seal up | set back | shackle | shut in | shut up | slack off | slack up | slacken | slow | slow down | slow up | snub | stay | stop | suppress | take in sail | throttle down | wall in | withhold See Also | bind over | buy time | cage | cage in | catch | check | decelerate | gaol | immure | imprison | incarcerate | jail | jug | keep | keep in | lag | put away | put behind bars | remand | retard | slow | slow down | slow up | stall | straiten | trap Detain In Webster's Dictionary \De*tain"\ (d[-e]*t[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Detained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaining}.] [F. d['e]tenir, L.
detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.]
1. To keep back or from; to withhold.
Detain not the wages of the hireling. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay;
as, we were detained by an accident.
Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a
kid for thee. --Judges xiii.
15.
3. To hold or keep in custody.
Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard;
delay; hinder.
\De*tain"\, n. Detention. [Obs.] --Spenser. |
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