restrain, check, curb, bridle mean to hold back from or control in doing something. restrain suggests holding back by force or persuasion from acting or from going to extremes.

RESTRAIN definition: 1. to control the actions or behaviour of someone by force, especially in order to stop them from…. Learn more.

Restrain implies restriction or limitation, as on one's freedom of action: "a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another" (Thomas Jefferson).

RESTRAIN definition: to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress. See examples of restrain used in a sentence.

Restrain can also mean to restrict or hold back someone else, to prevent someone from doing what they're intending to do. Prison guards have to restrain a prisoner who is trying to attack one of his …

Definition of restrain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do.

re•strain (ri strān′), v.t. to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper. to deprive of liberty, as by arrest or the like. to limit or hamper the activity, growth, or effect …

RESTRAIN meaning: 1 : to prevent (a person or animal) from doing something; 2 : to prevent (a person or animal) from moving by using physical force

To limit, control, or hold back someone or something from taking a particular action or exhibiting certain behavior. See example sentences, synonyms, and etymology for the verb restrain.