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How to sign: keep under control; keep in check
"suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool";
Similiar / Same: keep back, hold back, suppress, keep
Within this category: bottle up, confine, control, hold, quench
How to sign: hold back
Similiar / Same: encumber, cumber, constrain
Categories: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel
Within this category: bridle, clog, curb
How to sign: place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends";
Similiar / Same: limit, throttle, trammel, confine, restrict, bound
Categories: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate
Within this category: baffle, clamp down, draw the line, gate, hamper, inhibit, mark off, reduce, restrain, rule, stiffen, tie
How to sign: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists h;
Similiar / Same: hold, confine
Categories: disable, disenable, incapacitate
Within this category: enchain, fetter, ground, impound, pen up, pinion, pound, tie down
