restrain

Everyday

1. To restrain someone or something is to hold them back or stop them from moving or doing something, often by force. tree →
2. To restrain yourself is to stop yourself from doing something you want to do, like laughing or shouting. tree →

In the lessons

In safety: seat belts and car seats restrain children; dogs are restrained on leads. In stories characters restrain their anger or laughter. Phrases: «restrain yourself», «be restrained», «restrain a dog».

Examples

• Keep your dog restrained on a lead in the park. tree →
• The seat belt restrained him when the car stopped suddenly. tree →
• I could hardly restrain my laughter. tree →
• Two players restrained the angry man. tree →
• Try to restrain yourself from eating all the cake. tree →
• Young children must be restrained in a proper car seat. tree →
• Then the Princess could restrain herself no longer, but ran forward and threw her arms round her husband. tree →

Note

Noun: restraint. Adjective «restrained» also means calm and controlled. Do not confuse with «retrain» (train again) — restrain has an s.

In Jewish tradition

In safety: seat belts and car seats restrain children; dogs are restrained on leads. In stories characters restrain their anger or laughter. Phrases: «restrain yourself», «be restrained», «restrain a dog».

Examples

• the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. (Torah GEN.8.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying: 'Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.' So the people were restrained from bringing. (Torah EXO.36.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• If it is read as one word, it must be the action noun of בָּלַם balam 'to restrain, withhold, keep (from)'; see SY 1:8. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? (Writings JOB.15.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path; (Writings PRO.1.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. (Prophets ISA.14.6, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Noun: restraint. Adjective «restrained» also means calm and controlled. Do not confuse with «retrain» (train again) — restrain has an s.