"confining" meaning in English

See confining in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more confining [comparative], most confining [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} confining (comparative more confining, superlative most confining)
  1. limiting; restrictive Derived forms: confiningly, confiningness, deconfining, nonconfining, unconfining
    Sense id: en-confining-en-adj-NLAng3X7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} confining
  1. present participle and gerund of confine Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: confine
    Sense id: en-confining-en-verb-oFiIaGnj

Download JSONL data for confining meaning in English (1.2kB)

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