- pent shut uppredicate
- confined confined adj.
1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
usually a building. Opposite of {unconfined}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {claustrophobic}; {close, confining}; {homebound, housebound, shut-in}; {in childbed(prenominal)}; {pent, shut up(predicate)}; {snowbound}; {weather-bound}; {stormbound, storm-bound}] [WordNet 1.5]
2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or restraint. [WordNet 1.5]
3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor area; -- of animals.
Syn: fenced in, penned. [WordNet 1.5]
4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue. [WordNet 1.5]
5. held prisoner.
Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed. [WordNet 1.5]
6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area; as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.