DETAIN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • cause to be slowed down or delayed
   Synonym(s)
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   • hold up (what does hold up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
   • she delayed the work that she didn”t want to perform
   Hypernyms(s) detain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decelerate (what does decelerate mean?)
   • slow (what does slow mean?)
   • slow down (what does slow down mean?)
   • slow up (what does slow up mean?)
   • retard (what does retard mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • rush (what does rush mean?)
   • hurry (what does hurry mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • stonewall (what does stonewall mean?)
   • catch (what does catch mean?)
   • stall (what does stall mean?)
   • buy time (what does buy time mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   • holdup (what does holdup mean?)
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   • holdup (what does holdup mean?)
2. Meaning
   • stop or halt
   Synonym(s)
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   • stay (what does stay mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Please stay the bloodshed!
   Hypernyms(s) detain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • check (what does check mean?)
   • retard (what does retard mean?)
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • delay (what does delay mean?)
   • holdup (what does holdup mean?)
   • stay (what does stay mean?)
3. Meaning
   • deprive of freedom
   • take into confinement
   Synonym(s)
   • confine (what does confine mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • free (what does free mean?)
   • liberate (what does liberate mean?)
   • release (what does release mean?)
   • unloose (what does unloose mean?)
   • unloosen (what does unloosen mean?)
   • loose (what does loose mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   • straiten (what does straiten mean?)
   • imprison (what does imprison mean?)
   • incarcerate (what does incarcerate mean?)
   • lag (what does lag mean?)
   • immure (what does immure mean?)
   • put behind bars (what does put behind bars mean?)
   • jail (what does jail mean?)
   • jug (what does jug mean?)
   • gaol (what does gaol mean?)
   • put away (what does put away mean?)
   • remand (what does remand mean?)
   • intern (what does intern mean?)
   • bind over (what does bind over mean?)
   • imprison (what does imprison mean?)
   • cage (what does cage mean?)
   • cage in (what does cage in mean?)
   • trap (what does trap mean?)
   • keep in (what does keep in mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • detention (what does detention mean?)
   • hold (what does hold mean?)
   • custody (what does custody mean?)
   • detention (what does detention mean?)
   • detainee (what does detainee mean?)
   • political detainee (what does political detainee mean?)
   • confinement (what does confinement mean?)