Contain

  • 31contain yourself — to not show your emotions She could hardly contain herself when she saw him arrive …

    English dictionary

  • 32contain — To stop, hold, or surround the forces of the enemy or to cause the enemy to center activity on a given front and to prevent the withdrawal of any part of the enemy …

    Military dictionary

  • 33contain — verb /kənˈteɪn/ a) To hold inside. A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements. b) To include as a part. If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning. Syn …

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  • 34contain — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, add up to, admit, affect, aggregate, aggregate to, amount to, arrest, assimilate, assume, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, bear, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bolt, bound, box in, bridle,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 35contain — con·tain || kÉ™n teɪn v. include, have within; restrain, keep under control …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 36contain — verb 1》 have or hold within. 2》 control or restrain.     ↘prevent (a problem) from becoming worse. 3》 (of a number) be divisible by (a factor) without a remainder. Derivatives containable adjective Origin ME: from OFr. contenir, from L. continere …

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  • 37contain — I. v. a. 1. Comprehend, comprise, embrace, include, embody. 2. Hold, have capacity for. 3. Restrain, keep in check. II. v. n. Be continent, live in continence …

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  • 38contain — v 1. hold, receive, admit, carry, seat; accommodate, have capacity for, be capable of holding. 2. comprise, include, comprehend, embrace, subsume, take in, incorporate, embody; enclose, encircle, envelop, enfold, encompass, compass; cover, take… …

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  • 39contain — con·tain …

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  • 40contain —   Aia maloko, kō loko.    ♦ Containing a book, he puke kō loko …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary