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English Dictionary: contain	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for contain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contain v include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" Synonym(s): incorporate, contain, comprise contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" Synonym(s): hold, bear, carry, contain lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" Synonym(s): control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate be divisible by; "24 contains 6" be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" Synonym(s): contain, take, hold hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" Synonym(s): check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contain \Con*tain"\, v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. But if they can not contain, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii. 9.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contain \Contain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Containing}.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Countenance}.] 1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain* thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak. What thy stores contain bring forth. --Milton. 2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. 3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. --Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak.