detain

1. v. t. To keep back or from; to withhold. Source: opted

2. v. t. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. Source: opted

3. v. t. To hold or keep in custody. Source: opted

4. n. Detention. Source: opted

5. v. deprive of freedom; take into confinement Source: wordnet

6. v. stop or halt Source: wordnet

7. v. cause to be slowed down or delayed Source: wordnet

8. 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. Detain not the wages of the hireling. Jer. Taylor. 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Judges xiii. 15. 3. To hold or keep in custody. Syn. -- To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder. Detention. [Obs.] Spenser. Source: webster

9. Detention. [Obs.] Spenser. Source: adambom

10. v:100 v deprive of freedom; take into confinement v stop or halt v cause to be slowed down or delayed Source: ecdict

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