"limiting" meaning in All languages combined

See limiting on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: limiting [positive], more limiting [comparative], most limiting [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is limiting, it doesn't let you be free.
    Sense id: simple-limiting-en-adj-GFSlnSli

Verb [English]

Forms: limit [canonical], limits [third-person, singular], limited [past], limited [past, participle], limiting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|limit}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of limit.
    Sense id: simple-limiting-en-verb-Hyrt3QSU
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