contain

1. v. t. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Source: opted

2. v. t. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. Source: opted

3. v. t. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. Source: opted

4. v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. Source: opted

5. v. include or contain; have as a component Source: wordnet

6. v. contain or hold; have within Source: wordnet

7. v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits Source: wordnet

8. v. be divisible by Source: wordnet

9. v. be capable of holding or containing Source: wordnet

10. v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

12. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9. Source: adambom

Thesaurus links

From the definitions

Explore more