detain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: detain	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for detain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detain v deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: confine, detain] Antonym(s): free, liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" Synonym(s): stay, detain, delay 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" Synonym(s): delay, detain, hold up Antonym(s): hurry, rush
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detain \Detain"\ (d[esl]t[amac]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Detaining}.] [F. d[82]tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. To keep back or from; to withhold. Detain not the wages of the hireling. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. --Judges xiii. 15. 3. To hold or keep in custody. Syn: To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Detain \De*tain"\, n. Detention. [Obs.] --Spenser.