The meaning of CONFINED is kept within confines. How to use confined in a sentence.

1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. 2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison. 3. To restrict in movement: …

CONFINED definition: limited or restricted. See examples of confined used in a sentence.

If something is confined to a particular group of people, it exists only among them:

be confined (in something) Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage. The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punishment).

He was confined to a wheelchair. She was confined to bed for a week with the flu.

A confined space warning sign on process equipment. A confined space is a space with limited entry and egress and not suitable for human inhabitants. Alternative names for a confined …

limit or restrict: confined himself to a few remarks. to keep in; prevent from leaving because of imprisonment, illness, etc.: confined to a mental institution. n. [countable] Usually, confines. …

The adjective confined describes being in captivity or not free to move about. If you do charity work, you could read books to older people confined to their homes.

To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to this area.