The verb contain has many shades of meaning but it often describes something that's held back or held in by something. Kids on the last day of school may find it hard to contain their glee when summer officially starts.
To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
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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 Sout East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
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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"
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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"
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contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
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be capable of holding or containing; "This box won''t take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
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be divisible by; "24 contains 6"
v. t.
To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include;
to inclose; to hold.
v. t.
To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to
be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
v. t.
To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to
keep within bounds.
v. i.
To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
Contain
Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house!
When that this body did contain a spirit.
What thy stores contain bring forth.2.
The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions.
Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves.
Contain
But if they can not contain, let them marry.
To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
Usage Examples
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
I think one of the things that language poets are very involved with is getting away from conventional ideas of beauty, because those ideas contain a certain attitude toward women, certain attitudes toward sex, certain attitudes toward race, etc.
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.
Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.
If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.
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Other Usage ExamplesHistory books that contain no lies are extremely dull.
Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it.
Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.
Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature.
It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.
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