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Meaning of restrain in English
(Definition of restrain from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
restrain | American Dictionary
restrain | Business English
Examples of restrain
restrain
This conservatism on the part of nuclear states may have also led them to restrain their minor allies.
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Often, one's self-image becomes restricted and restrained by one's professional image.
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The thermal noise can be reduced or damped by exerting a restraining force on the particle.
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It would be foolhardy to suggest that affordable registration and titling will by itself restrain predatory state functionaries from encroaching on farmer rights.
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The king's barons together attempted to restrain him from innovatory acts of misgovernment.
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It seems certain that the sheriffs and their officials were in some sense both the culprits and the king's officials ordered to restrain the culprits.
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And in the 1990s, they wanted simultaneously to restrain medical costs and expand health insurance coverage.
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This increasing marginal benefit cushions the cost of restraining carbon use and contributes to a gentler bend in the cost curve.
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Animals were restrained with the aid of a neck yoke.
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A distraught old woman restrains the old warrior, while two younger men attempt to calm his attackers.
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In each of these subareas, there are immensely challenging physical laws that constrict and restrain what engineers can achieve in their mediums.
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In comparison, the approval of their budget provides an annual possibility to restrain or punish the institution.
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How would the perception and control of locomotion develop if infants were restrained?
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One gently restrained the cat in the sternal position at the center of a circular table.
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The animal was restrained in a loose-fitting canvas bag and the head fixed to a plexiglass frame using the aluminum crown.
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आवर घालणे, काबूत ठेवणे, ताबा ठेवणे…
（人）に（～を強制的に）やめさせる, （人）が（～するのを）抑える, 抑（おさ）える…
zaptetmek, engel olmak, frenlemek…
retenir, (se) contenir/retenir…
contenir, dissuadir…
bedwingen…
ஒருவரின் செயல்கள் அல்லது நடத்தையை வலுக்கட்டாயமாக கட்டுப்படுத்துதல், குறிப்பாக அவர்கள் எதையாவது செய்வதைத் தடுப்பதற்காக அல்லது ஏதோவொன்றின் வளர்ச்சி அல்லது சக்தியைக் கட்டுப்படுத்துவதற்காக…
(बलपूर्वक किसी की गतिविधियाँ या व्यवहार, कोई विकास या किसी के प्रभाव को) नियंत्रण में रखना, अवरुद्ध करना…
અંકુશમાં રાખવું, રોકવું…
beherske sig, holde tilbage…
lägga band på, hindra, tygla…
menahan…
zurückhalten…
holde fast, holde igjen, holde tilbake…
قابو میں رکھنا, باز رکھنا…
стримувати(ся)…
сдерживать, удерживать, ограничивать…
అరికట్టు / ఎవరివైనా చర్యలను లేదా ప్రవర్తనను బలవంతంగా నియంత్రించు, ముఖ్యంగా వాళ్ళను ఏదైనా చేయకుండా ఆపడానికి లేదా వాళ్ళ పెరుగుదలను లేదా శక్తిని పరిమితం చేయు…
يَكْبَح, يُقَيِّد…
সংযত করা, নিয়ন্ত্রণে রাখা…
ovládat (se), krotit…
mencegah, mengendalikan…
ยับยั้ง…
kiềm chế…
powstrzymywać, obezwładniać, ograniczać…
제한하다…
trattenere, contenere, frenare…
