Thesaurus: contain

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1. v. t. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
2. v. t. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
3. v. t. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
4. v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
5. v. include or contain; have as a component
6. v. contain or hold; have within
7. v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
8. v. be divisible by
9. v. be capable of holding or containing
10. v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
11. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9.