detain

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verb

1. deprive of freedom;
take into confinement (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
confine
• Ant:
free (for: confine)
• Derivationally related forms:
detention, detainee, confinement (for: confine)
• Hyponyms:
keep, straiten, imprison, incarcerate, lag,
immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away,
remand, intern, bind over, cage, cage in, trap,
pin down, keep in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to detain the prisoners
2. cause to be slowed down or delayed
- Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
- she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform
• Syn:
delay, hold up
• Ant:
rush (for: delay)
• Derivationally related forms:
holdup (for: hold up), delay (for: delay)
• Hypernyms:
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
• Hyponyms:
stonewall, catch, stall, buy time
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. stop or halt
- Please stay the bloodshed!
• Syn:
stay, delay
• Derivationally related forms:
delay (for: delay), stay (for: stay)
• Hypernyms:
check, retard, delay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  delay, hold up, stay, confine
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  rush, hurry, free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose