restrains
Meaning of restrains
verb, 3rd person present
- prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits.
the need to restrain public expenditure
he had to be restrained from walking out
Middle English: from Old French restreign-, stem of restreindre, from Latin restringere, from re- ‘back’ + stringere ‘to tie, pull tight’.
Information about restrains
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of restrains is: restrain.
- Languages in which restrains is used:
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Hyphenation of restrains
re-strains
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- restrains is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
restrains synonyms
Meaning keep (something) from happening:
Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:
Meaning cause to be late; delay:
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:
Meaning put a limit on; keep under control:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:
Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:
Meaning formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority:
Meaning officially or legally prohibit (something):
Meaning prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something or from going somewhere:
Meaning refuse to declare valid:
Meaning prohibit or forbid (something):
Meaning refuse to allow (something):
Meaning exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal):
Meaning forbid, especially by law:
Meaning prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction:
restrains antonyms
Meaning make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force:
Meaning force or oblige (someone) to do something:
Meaning give support, confidence, or hope to (someone):
Anagrams of restrains
strainers, tarriness, transires
Words that rhyme with restrains
ains, Bains, ouabains, wabains, Cains, Novocains, cains, cocains, eucains, marocains, Boudains, disdains, foreordains, mondains, ordains, preordains, reordains, fains, bargains, gains, outbargains, outgains, regains, turnagains, chains, disenchains, enchains, hains, interchains, subchains, unchains, Jains, kains, Plains, blains, bromelains, chamberlains, chaplains, chilblains, complains, elains, explains, floodplains, murlains, outvillains, overexplains, peneplains, plains, porcelains, purslains
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