keep+within+bounds
41dampen — Synonyms and related words: abate, abridge, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, arrest, asperge, assuage, attemper, attenuate, baffle, bank the fire, beat down, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, blunt, bottle up, break the fall, cast down, chasten,… …
42slacken — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, arrest, assuage, attemper, attenuate, backpedal, backwater, bank the fire, bate, benumb, block, blunt, bog down, bottle up, brake, chasten, check, clip the wings, come… …
43outlaw — n 1. fugitive, escapee, runaway, deserter, Sl. AWOL, Sl. lamster, Archaic. runagate; renegade, undesirable, Latin, persona non grata; reprobate; exile, outcast, social outcast, outcast of society, pariah, man without a country, expellee; convict …
44straiten — v 1. pauperize, impoverish, break, bankrupt, ruin; distress, embarrass, press, corner, Inf. drive to the wall, Inf. have on the ropes, Inf. have between a rock and a hard place; trouble, bother, harry, vex, annoy; persecute, plague, harass,… …
45circumscribe — verb the power of the local agency has been circumscribed by the national organization Syn: restrict, limit, keep within bounds, curb, confine, restrain; regulate, control •• circumscribe, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, surround Strictly… …
46moderate — [mäd′ər it; ] for v. [, mäd′ərāt΄] adj. [ME moderat < L moderatus, pp. of moderare, to keep within bounds, restrain < modus: see MODE] 1. within reasonable limits; avoiding excesses or extremes; temperate or restrained 2. mild; calm;… …
47The Golden Cockerel — ( ru. Золотой Петушок, Zolotoy Petushok ) is an opera in three acts (with short prologue and even shorter epilogue) by Nikolay Rimsky Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky and is based on Alexander Pushkin s 1834 poem The Tale of… …
48confine — 1. verb /kənˈfaɪn,ˈkɒnfaɪn,ˈkɑnfaɪn/ To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area 2. noun /kənˈfaɪn,ˈkɒnfaɪn,ˈkɑnfaɪn/ (in plural confines) Limits. Syn: border, bound …
49box — Synonyms and related words: Christmas present, archives, armory, arsenal, attic, auditorium, award, bag, balcony, bank, barrel, basement, basket, battle, bay, bin, birthday present, blind alley, blip, blockhouse, blow, bonded warehouse, bookcase …
50box in — Synonyms and related words: abate, adjust to, alter, assuage, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box, box up, cabin, cage, casket, chamber, circumscribe, cloister, close in, closet, coffin, compass, condition, confine, contain …
