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"name": "inh"
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"2": "fro",
"3": "restreindre"
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{
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"2": "la",
"3": "rēstringere"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"t": "fasten, tighten"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English restreinen, a borrowing from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere, present active infinitive of rēstringō (“fasten, tighten”).",
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{
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"ref": "1875, Russell Thacher Trall, The Mother's Hygienic Hand-book, page 42",
"text": "As with vicarious mismenstruation, the abnormal cessation only requires strict attention to the general health, with such measures to restrain hemorrhage as have already been indicated.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To control or keep in check."
],
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"control",
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"(transitive) To control or keep in check."
],
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"sense": "control or keep in check",
"word": "check"
}
],
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zspel",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "զսպել"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sdǎržam",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "сдържам"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzdǎržam",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "въздържам"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kèzhì",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "克制"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "mít pod kontrolou"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "beteugelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "hillitä"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "hallita"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "retenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "cavidar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "zügeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōlúō",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "κωλύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "erúkō",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "ἐρύκω"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "coisc"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "trattenere"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "sorvegliare"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "trattenersi"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reprimō"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "teneo"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "refrēnō"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "whakatina"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"english": "one's own feelings",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "whakatōnga"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "nati"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "nanati"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "whakaita"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "mestrejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reténer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "conténer"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "conter"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "coibir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "deter"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reține"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "înfrâna"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdérživatʹ",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сде́рживать"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sderžátʹ",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сдержа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obúzdyvatʹ",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обу́здывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obuzdátʹ",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обузда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "srian"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kûuap-kum",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "ควบคุม"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strýmuvaty",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "стри́мувати"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To deprive of liberty."
],
"id": "en-restrain-en-verb-5ivYrsNV",
"links": [
[
"deprive",
"deprive"
],
[
"liberty",
"liberty"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To deprive of liberty."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"sense": "deprive of liberty",
"word": "confine"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"sense": "deprive of liberty",
"word": "detain"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadǎržam",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "задържам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yì",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "抑"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "zbavit svobody"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "omezit"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "onderdrukken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "kukistaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "réprimer"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "einschränken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "behindern"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "korlátoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "trattenere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "compescō"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "whakaita"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "déténer"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "reténer"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "encarcerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "a ține închis"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "deține"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "reține"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaključátʹ",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заключа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaključítʹ",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заключи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadérživatʹ",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заде́рживать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaderžátʹ",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задержа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lišátʹ svobódy",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "лиша́ть свобо́ды"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lišítʹ svobódy",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "лиши́ть свобо́ды"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "retener"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gàk-kǎng",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "กักขัง"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pozbavljáty vóli",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "позбавля́ти во́лі"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was restrained by the straitjacket."
},
{
"ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19",
"text": "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To restrict or limit."
],
"id": "en-restrain-en-verb-m15h0~v0",
"links": [
[
"restrict",
"restrict"
],
[
"limit",
"limit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To restrict or limit."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zspel",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "զսպել"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzpiram",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "възпирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ograničavam",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "ограничавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "oklešťovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restringovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "provést restrikci"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "omezit"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "beperken"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "begrenzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "beteugelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "pidättää"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "rajoittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restreindre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "abgrenzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "begrenzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "eingrenzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "korlátoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "ridurre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "contenere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restringere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "limitare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "delimitare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "tautāwhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restringir"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "conter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restrânge"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "opri"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "împiedica"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "îngrădi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdérživatʹ",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сде́рживать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sderžátʹ",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сдержа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ograníčivatʹ",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
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],
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"word": "srian"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
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"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "ยับยั้ง"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
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"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "стри́мувати"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obméžuvaty",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "обме́жувати"
}
]
}
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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}
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{
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"ref": "1998, Elena Molokhovets, Classic Russian Cooking, page 360",
"text": "Squeeze the juice from 3 oranges and let the juice stand. Then pour it off, strain, and mix with the syrup. Restrain the liquid and chill in a mold.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To strain again."
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"(transitive) To strain again."
],
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"transitive"
]
}
],
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
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"English terms prefixed with re-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "fro",
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"name": "der"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "restraint"
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{
"word": "restrict"
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"ref": "1875, Russell Thacher Trall, The Mother's Hygienic Hand-book, page 42",
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"type": "quotation"
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"To control or keep in check."
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[
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"(transitive) To control or keep in check."
],
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"transitive"
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},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To deprive of liberty."
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[
"deprive",
"deprive"
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[
"liberty",
"liberty"
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"(transitive) To deprive of liberty."
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"transitive"
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},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
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],
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{
"text": "He was restrained by the straitjacket."
},
{
"ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19",
"text": "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
"glosses": [
"To restrict or limit."
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[
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"restrict"
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[
"limit",
"limit"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To restrict or limit."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ɹɪˈstɹeɪn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪn"
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{
"sense": "control or keep in check",
"word": "check"
},
{
"word": "limit"
},
{
"word": "withstrain"
},
{
"sense": "deprive of liberty",
"word": "confine"
},
{
"sense": "deprive of liberty",
"word": "detain"
}
],
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zspel",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "զսպել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sdǎržam",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "сдържам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzdǎržam",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "въздържам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kèzhì",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "克制"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "mít pod kontrolou"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "beteugelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "hillitä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "hallita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "retenir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "cavidar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "zügeln"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōlúō",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "κωλύω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "erúkō",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "ἐρύκω"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "coisc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "trattenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "sorvegliare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "trattenersi"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reprimō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "teneo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "refrēnō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "whakatina"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "one's own feelings",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "whakatōnga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "nati"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "nanati"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "whakaita"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "mestrejar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reténer"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "conténer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "conter"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "coibir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "deter"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reține"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "înfrâna"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdérživatʹ",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sderžátʹ",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сдержа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obúzdyvatʹ",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обу́здывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obuzdátʹ",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обузда́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "srian"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kûuap-kum",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "ควบคุม"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strýmuvaty",
"sense": "to control or keep in check",
"word": "стри́мувати"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadǎržam",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "задържам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yì",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "抑"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "zbavit svobody"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "omezit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "onderdrukken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "kukistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "réprimer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "einschränken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "behindern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "korlátoz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "trattenere"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "compescō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "whakaita"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "déténer"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "reténer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "encarcerar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "a ține închis"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "deține"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "reține"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaključátʹ",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заключа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaključítʹ",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заключи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadérživatʹ",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaderžátʹ",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задержа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lišátʹ svobódy",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "лиша́ть свобо́ды"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lišítʹ svobódy",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "лиши́ть свобо́ды"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "retener"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gàk-kǎng",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "กักขัง"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pozbavljáty vóli",
"sense": "to deprive of liberty",
"word": "позбавля́ти во́лі"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "zspel",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "զսպել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzpiram",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "възпирам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ograničavam",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "ограничавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "oklešťovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restringovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "provést restrikci"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "omezit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "beperken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "begrenzen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "beteugelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "pidättää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "rajoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restreindre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "abgrenzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "begrenzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "eingrenzen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "korlátoz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "ridurre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "contenere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restringere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "limitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "delimitare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "tautāwhi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restringir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "conter"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restrânge"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "opri"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "împiedica"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "îngrădi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdérživatʹ",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сде́рживать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sderžátʹ",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сдержа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ograníčivatʹ",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ограни́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ograníčitʹ",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ограни́чить"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "srian"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "restringir"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yáp-yáng",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "ยับยั้ง"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strýmuvaty",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "стри́мувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obméžuvaty",
"sense": "to restrict or limit",
"word": "обме́жувати"
}
],
"word": "restrain"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms prefixed with re-",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "re",
"3": "strain"
},
"expansion": "re- + strain",
"name": "pre"
}
],
"etymology_text": "re- + strain",
"forms": [
{
"form": "restrains",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "restraining",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "restrained",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "restrained",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "restrain (third-person singular simple present restrains, present participle restraining, simple past and past participle restrained)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1998, Elena Molokhovets, Classic Russian Cooking, page 360",
"text": "Squeeze the juice from 3 oranges and let the juice stand. Then pour it off, strain, and mix with the syrup. Restrain the liquid and chill in a mold.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To strain again."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To strain again."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "restrain"
}
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