Contain

Verb

 * : To hold inside.
 * : To include as a part.
 * : To limit through restraint.
 * 1)  To have as an element.

Adverbs for Contain
virtually; fully; partially; entirely; fittingly; snugly; amazingly; completely; substantially.

Synonyms for Contain

 * enclose, inhold
 * comprise, embody, incorporate, inhold
 * control, curb, repress, restrain, restrict, stifle

Antonyms for Contain

 * exclude, omit
 * release, vent

Related terms
container; containable; containment; content

Thesaurus
barricade, batten, batten down, bear, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bolt, bound, box in, bridle, bring, button, button up, cage, call for, carry, chamber, check, choke, choke off, clap, close, close in, close up, collect, come to, compass, complete, comprehend, comprise, condition, confine, constrain, constrict, contract, control, cool, cool off, coop, coop in, coop up, copyright, cordon, cordon off, corral, count in, cover, curb, curtail, decelerate, discipline, dompt, draw the line, embed, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, enjoin, enshrine, entail, envisage, fasten, fence in, fill, fill in, fill out, fold, fold up, govern, guard, hedge about, hedge in, hem in, hinder, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold up, house in, implicate, imply, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, incorporate, inhibit, internalize, involve, jail, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep under control, keep within, kennel, key, latch, lay under restraint, lead to, leaguer, limit, lock, lock out, lock up, mew, mew up, moderate, mount up to, narrow, number, number among, occlude, occupy, padlock, patent, pen, pen in, plumb, pocket, presume, presuppose, prohibit, pull, pull in, put in, qualify, quarantine, rail in, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon up to, reckon with, register, rein, rein in, repress, require, restrain, restrict, retard, retrench, run into, run to, scant, seal, seal off, seal up, seat, secure, set back, shrine, shut, shut in, shut the door, shut up, slam, slow down, snap, snub, specialize, squeeze shut, stable, stifle, stint, straiten, strangle, subsume, suppress, surround, take, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take up, tot up to, total, tote up to, unitize, wall in, withhold, wrap, yard, yard up, zip up, zipper

Etymology
From <  contenir: <  continere: < com-: + tenere:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: побирам
 * Catalan: contenir
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:


 * French: contenir
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: contenere
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: съдържам
 * Catalan:
 * French: contenir


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: contenere
 * Spanish: contener


 * Bulgarian: сдържам, въздържам
 * Catalan: contenir


 * French: contenir
 * Italian: contenere
 * Spanish: contener

Anagrams

 * actinon