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homebound — home bound , home bound home bound , a. Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as {housebound}. Syn: housebound, shut in. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
homebound — I noun people who are confined to their homes (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑people • Member Meronyms: ↑invalid, ↑shut in II adjective confined usually by illness … Useful english dictionary
shut-in — I noun someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury • Syn: ↑invalid • Derivationally related forms: ↑invalid (for: ↑invalid) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
housebound — adj. confined to the home, usually due to illness. Syn: homebound, shut in. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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)}; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
claustrophobic — 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)}; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
close confining — 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)}; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
in childbedprenominal — 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)}; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
snowbound — 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)}; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
