hold - keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath"

confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed

quench - electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

bottle up, suppress - control and refrain from showing; of emotions

prevent, keep - prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

curb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - 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"

tighten, reduce - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"

tie - limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports"

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 off, mark out - set boundaries to; "mark out the territory"

harness, rein, rule - keep in check; "rule one's temper"

baffle, regulate - check the emission of (sound)

hamper, cramp, halter, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

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"

constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain - hold back

curb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - 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"

disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

tie down, tie up, truss, bind - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"

fetter, shackle - restrain with fetters

enchain - restrain or bind with chains

pinion, shackle - bind the arms of

impound, pound - place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"

pound up, pound - shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

pen up, fold - confine in a fold, like sheep

ground - confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"

limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, confine, bound, restrict - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

bridle - put a bridle on; "bridle horses"

curb - keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"

clog - impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"

daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare away, scare off, pall, scare, dash - cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged