[verb] restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" Synonyms:limit, circumscribe
[verb] place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" Synonyms:restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, throttle
[verb] deprive of freedom; take into confinement Synonyms:detain
[verb] 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 held the journalists for ransom" Synonyms:restrain, hold
