Word Finder - contained

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To hold inside.

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To include as a part.

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To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

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I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!

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(of a set etc.) To have as an element or subset.

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A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.

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To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

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Restricted in space.

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The brush fire is now contained: if it doesn't jump the lines, it will burn itself out.

She shivered despite her lamb's wool coat, her hands plunged deep into pockets that contained weapons.

The tablet that she tucked under her mattress at night contained all sorts of conclusions at the end of that trail.

His faint smile contained sadness.

The large room contained some of the most beautiful antique furniture she had ever seen.

The fountain contained instructions for making it work.

The basement contained a sealed room that we soundproofed.

The room contained a built in recording system, activated by a switch.

She made a show of resting her coat across the table, as if to say she wasn't leaving, and crossed to the small hall that contained the restrooms.

It looked as if Nature no longer contained the breed of nobler bloods, but stood on her last toes.

A sidebar quoted the vocal congressman who continued to push for an investigation while an accompanying article contained the ever increasing rants of the defense bar.

It contained a name and a phone number.

The second floor contained six quarters, five rooms for guests and the rear left corner occupied by Fred O'Connor.

Darkyn had demons searching the apartment last week for what Gabriel assumed was the soul contained in the tumor of the human-Deidre's head.

Whatever powers that room contained, he was in desperate need of them.

One set of massive metal doors was all the hall contained.

The libraries that existed, such as the one at Alexandria, contained reading rooms because when you read a book, you read it aloud.

And now, from the hints contained in his letter and given by the little princess, he saw which way the wind was blowing, and his low opinion changed into a feeling of contemptuous ill will.

But were the Indians interested in the people, or the food the wagons contained?

I learned later the facility was the largest between Los Angeles and San Francisco and contained five hundred and ten beds and a fully equipped trauma center.

And for now, they're contained.

Uncertain how to respond, Deidre laughed uncomfortably at the amount of bewilderment his question contained.

The hundred-year-old Victorian building contained nine rentable rooms, each with a private bath.

In addition to the bones themselves, the box contained a ripped plaid flannel shirt, and nestled at the bottom, dirty jeans, boots, and yellowed, soiled undershorts.

Or, more intriguingly, perhaps one of the auction's bargain foot lockers contained the remains of the actual skeleton!

The weapon hadn't been cleaned since it was last fired, but all six chambers contained bullets.

How could you tell which one contained the bones?

Gabriel said nothing, anger barely contained.

He glanced down at the expensive loafers that now contained tiny grains of sand he'd never be able to flush out of the seams.

The inn contained nine rentable rooms, each with a private bath.

The bike was a trophy from a time when Dean's budget contained more expendable income.

The second floor contained six, five rooms for guests, the sixth occupied by Fred O'Connor.

This floor, bisected by a hall and stairs, contained a living room or parlor on the right, or southern side, and a dining room and kitchen on the left, with the Deans' private quarters, a sitting room-office combination and bedroom, located in the rear.

The three north-side second floor rooms contained Fred, Gladys Turnbull and a pretty female climber named Penny.

The three third floor rooms contained six ice climbers while Donald Ryland remained in the small first floor quarters.

It contained a large metal ring in the center.

It contained a plate indicating it had been built in 1928.

There was an empty sack which had contained the climbing rope but it was empty and Dean put it aside.

He glanced at Connor who barely contained his rage.

One thing was sure, her list only contained one name - and he was on it.

He specializes in discreet, highly contained domestic counter insurgency and counterterrorism operations.

She could survive on the ample amounts of supplies the emerops facilities contained if she moved from facility to facility towards the west.

The dresser contained neatly folded boxers and T-shirts but nothing else.

Another corner contained crates full of sleeping babies while older children sat reading antique books in the center of the room.

He gritted his teeth to keep it contained, silently cursing both the angel and Kris for not just letting him die-dead, like he deserved.

Surprisingly, Fred's list of twenty-four contained eight of the same riders Dean had recorded.

The knapsack contained nearly all new clothes, both dirty and clean.

The sec­ond, smaller knapsack contained a bulky sweater, rain gear, three sweatbands and a rolled up cap.

The vehicle contained a roll of gauze and Dean bound his own stiffening leg after spreading a disinfectant on the oozing abrasion.

The box contained a pair of earrings - delicate filigree in white gold with sparkling diamonds.

The wedding set contained only Arkansas diamonds.