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homebound
(encz) | homebound, n: |
home-bound
(gcide) | homebound \home"bound`\, home-bound \home"-bound`\, a.
Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as housebound.
Syn: housebound, shut-in.
[1913 Webster] |
homebound
(wn) | homebound
adj 1: confined usually by illness [syn: homebound,
housebound, shut-in]
n 1: people who are confined to their homes |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
home-bound
(gcide) | homebound \home"bound`\, home-bound \home"-bound`\, a.
Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as housebound.
Syn: housebound, shut-in.
[1913 Webster] |
homebound housebound shut-in
(gcide) | confined \confined\ adj.
1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.
Note: [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining;
homebound, housebound, shut-in; {in
childbed(prenominal)}; pent, shut up(predicate);
snowbound; weather-bound; {stormbound,
storm-bound}]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
restraint.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor
area; -- of animals.
Syn: fenced in, penned.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. held prisoner.
Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.
[WordNet 1.5]
6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area;
as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of
the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.
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