Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to restrain
Participle: restrained
Gerund: restraining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | restrain |
| you | restrain |
| he;she;it | restrains |
| we | restrain |
| you | restrain |
| they | restrain |
Perfect
| I | have restrained |
| you | have restrained |
| he;she;it | has restrained |
| we | have restrained |
| you | have restrained |
| they | have restrained |
Past
| I | restrained |
| you | restrained |
| he;she;it | restrained |
| we | restrained |
| you | restrained |
| they | restrained |
Pluperfect
| I | had restrained |
| you | had restrained |
| he;she;it | had restrained |
| we | had restrained |
| you | had restrained |
| they | had restrained |
Future
| I | will restrain |
| you | will restrain |
| he;she;it | will restrain |
| we | will restrain |
| you | will restrain |
| they | will restrain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have restrained |
| you | will have restrained |
| he;she;it | will have restrained |
| we | will have restrained |
| you | will have restrained |
| they | will have restrained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | restrain |
| you | restrain |
| he;she;it | restrain |
| we | restrain |
| you | restrain |
| they | restrain |
Perfect
| I | have restrained |
| you | have restrained |
| he;she;it | have restrained |
| we | have restrained |
| you | have restrained |
| they | have restrained |
Imperfect
| I | restrained |
| you | restrained |
| he;she;it | restrained |
| we | restrained |
| you | restrained |
| they | restrained |
Pluperfect
| I | had restrained |
| you | had restrained |
| he;she;it | had restrained |
| we | had restrained |
| you | had restrained |
| they | had restrained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would restrain |
| you | would restrain |
| he;she;it | would restrain |
| we | would restrain |
| you | would restrain |
| they | would restrain |
Perfect
| I | would have restrained |
| you | would have restrained |
| he;she;it | would have restrained |
| we | would have restrained |
| you | would have restrained |
| they | would have restrained |
Imperative
| you | restrain |
| we | Let's restrain |
| you | restrain |
Verbs conjugated like 'restrain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'restrain'
restain,
retrain,
bestain,
destain,
detrain,
distrain,
entrain,
mistrain,
pretrain,
reattain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- control or keep in check
- curb
- to keep under control
- behedge, bind, chasten, check, contain, cork, curb, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain
- check
- control, govern, harness, constrain, bridle, hold, suppress, muzzle
- restrict
- confine, hinder, circumscribe, narrow, abridge
Antonyms
- to give freedom to; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses
- capture, confine, imprison, leash, liberate
- check
- hasten, expedite, advance, hurry
- restrict
- release, free, disencumber, enlarge
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English restreinen, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere (“fasten, tighten”). See: Latin '
rēstringō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] down to dinner every day with a knife and fork; and in the midst of them sits the gentleman, whose manner of dealing with his charges, I have just described. At every meal, moral influence alone restrains the more violent among them from cutting the throats of the rest; but the effect of that influence is reduced to an absolute certainty, and is found, even as a means of restraint, to say nothing of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] old decayed barrels and boxes, garnished the ground in all directions; and three or four ferocious-looking dogs, roused by the sound of the wagon-wheels, came tearing out, and were with difficulty restrained from laying hold of Tom and his companions, by the effort of the ragged servants who came after them.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)