Thesaurus: contain

Related headwords

Definitions

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. 1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores contain bring forth. Milton. 2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. 3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. Shak. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9.
12. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9.