CONTAIN
\kəntˈe͡ɪn], \kəntˈeɪn], \k_ə_n_t_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of CONTAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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be divisible by; "24 contains 6"
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lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
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hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
By Princeton University
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be divisible by; "24 contains 6"
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lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
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To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
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To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
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To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
By Oddity Software
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To hold; keep within bounds; inclose; to be equivalent to; to hold back: used reflexively; as, she could scarcely contain herself; to be exactly divisible by.
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Container.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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