Definition of restricts Restricts
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What does restricts mean?
Part of speech
🔤- restricts, verb, present, 3rd person singular of restrict (infinitive).
WordNet
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| restrict - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" | ||
| restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle | ||
| hold in, curb, contain, moderate, control, check, hold keep to the curb; "curb your dogs" | ||
| tighten, reduce become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" | ||
| tie form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie" | ||
| gate restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment | ||
| draw a line, draw the line reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!" | ||
| mark out, mark off set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory" | ||
| harness, rein, rule exploit the power of; "harness natural forces and resources" | ||
| baffle, regulate check the emission of (sound) | ||
| halter, hamper, cramp, strangle hang with a halter | ||
| tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" | ||
| clamp down, crack down repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs" | ||
| inhibit limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" | ||
| cumber, encumber, constrain, restrain hold back | ||
| restrict - place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled" | ||
| derestrict make free from restrictions | ||
| hold in, curb, contain, moderate, control, check, hold keep to the curb; "curb your dogs" | ||
| classify arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" | ||
| taboo declare as sacred and forbidden | ||
| scant, skimp limit in quality or quantity | ||
| localise, localize restrict something to a particular area | ||
| restrict - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" | ||
| curtail, curb, cut back | ||
| circumscribe, limit, confine draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points" | ||
| abridge lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression" | ||
| immobilise, immobilize cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" | ||
| restrict - make more specific; "qualify these remarks" | ||
| qualify | ||
| modify make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- restrict (a.)
Restricted. - restrict (v. t.)
To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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restrict
To limit narrowly. -
restrict
To make more specific.
Part of speech
🔤- restrict, verb, present, 1st person singular of restrict (infinitive).
- restrict, verb (infinitive).
