restrain
/ɹɪˈstɹeɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "As with vicarious mismenstruation, the abnormal cessation only requires strict attention to the general health, with such measures to restrain hemorrhage as have already been indicated."
- "He was restrained by the straitjacket."
- "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."
- "Squeeze the juice from 3 oranges and let the juice stand. Then pour it off, strain, and mix with the syrup. Restrain the liquid and chill in a mold."
Etymology
From Middle English restreinen, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere (“fasten, tighten”).