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Overview of verb contain

      »   The verb contain has 6 meanings (first 3 from tagged texts)

• incorporate, contain, Comprise1.) Consist, comprise -- (be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?")
  
  2.) Incorporate, contain, comprise -- (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")
  
  comprise -- (Include1.) Include -- (have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers")
  
  2.) Include -- (consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits")
  
  include or contain; have as a Component1.) Component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient -- (an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech")
  
  2.) Part, portion, component part, component -- (something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach")
  
  component; "A Totally1.) Wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole -- (to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea")
  
  totally new Idea1.) Idea, thought -- (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind")
  
  2.) Idea -- (a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him")
  
  idea is Comprised1.) Consist, comprise -- (be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?")
  
  2.) Incorporate, contain, comprise -- (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")
  
  comprised in this paper"; "The Record1.) Record -- (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques")
  
  2.) Record -- (the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league")
  
  record contains many old Songs1.) Song, vocal -- (a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs")
  
  2.) Song -- (a distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead")
  
  songs from the 1930's")

• hold, Bear1.) Bear -- (massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws)
  
  2.) Bear -- (an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price)
  
  bear, carry, contain -- (contain or Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold; have Within1.) Inside, within -- (on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess")
  
  within; "The Jar1.) Jar -- (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)
  
  2.) Jar, jarful -- (the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer")
  
  jar carries wine"; "The Canteen1.) Canteen -- (a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers)
  
  2.) Canteen -- (sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.)
  
  canteen holds Fresh1.) Fresh -- (recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent")
  
  2.) Fresh -- ((of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; "a fresh start"; "fresh ideas")
  
  fresh water"; "This can Contains1.) Incorporate, contain, comprise -- (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")
  
  2.) Hold, bear, carry, contain -- (contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water")
  
  contains water")

• control, Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold in, Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold, contain, Check1.) Check, bank check, cheque -- (a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check")
  
  2.) Assay, check -- (an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress")
  
  check, curb, Moderate1.) Centrist, middle of the roader, moderate, moderationist -- (a person who takes a position in the political center)
  
  1.) Moderate, chair, lead -- (preside over; "John moderated the discussion")
  
  moderate -- (Lessen1.) Decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")
  
  2.) Decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")
  
  lessen the Intensity1.) Intensity, strength, intensity level -- (the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength")
  
  2.) Intensity, intensiveness -- (high level or degree; the property of being intense)
  
  intensity of; Temper1.) Pique, temper, irritation -- (a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood")
  
  2.) Temper, mood, humor, humour -- (a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor")
  
  temper; hold in Restraint1.) Restraint -- (the of act controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade")
  
  2.) Restraint, control -- (discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself")
  
  restraint; hold or Keep1.) Support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance -- (the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood")
  
  2.) Keep, donjon, dungeon -- (the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress)
  
  keep within Limits1.) Limit, bound, boundary -- (the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability")
  
  2.) Terminus ad quem, terminal point, limit -- (final or latest limiting point)
  
  limits; "moderate your Alcohol1.) Alcohol, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant -- (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him")
  
  2.) Alcohol -- (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
  
  alcohol intake"; "Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold your tongue"; "Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold your temper"; "Control1.) Control -- (power to direct or determine; "under control")
  
  2.) Control -- (a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another; "measures for the control of disease"; "they instituted controls over drinking on campus")
  
  control your anger")

• contain -- (be Divisible1.) Divisible -- (capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible")
  
  divisible by; "24 Contains1.) Incorporate, contain, comprise -- (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")
  
  2.) Hold, bear, carry, contain -- (contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water")
  
  contains 6")

• contain, Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take, hold -- (be Capable1.) Capable -- ((usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability; "capable of winning"; "capable of hard work"; "capable of walking on two feet")
  
  2.) Capable, open, subject -- (possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation")
  
  capable of Holding1.) Retention, keeping, holding -- (the act of retaining something)
  
  2.) Property, belongings, holding, material possession -- (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";)
  
  holding or containing; "This Box1.) Box -- (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts")
  
  2.) Box, loge -- (private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty")
  
  box won't Take1.) Return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%")
  
  2.) Take -- (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
  
  take all the items"; "The Flask1.) Flask -- (bottle that has a narrow neck)
  
  2.) Flask, flaskful -- (the quantity a flask will hold)
  
  flask holds one gallon")

• check, Turn1.) Bend, crook, twist, turn -- (a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path")
  
  2.) Turn, turning -- (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right")
  
  turn back, Arrest1.) Apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody -- (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar")
  
  2.) Arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage -- (the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat")
  
  arrest, stop, contain, Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold back -- (Hold1.) Clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold -- (the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing")
  
  2.) Appreciation, grasp, hold -- (understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices")
  
  hold back, as of a Danger1.) Danger -- (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease")
  
  2.) Risk, peril, danger -- (a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing")
  
  danger or an Enemy1.) Enemy -- (an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn")
  
  2.) Enemy, foe, foeman, opposition -- (an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies")
  
  enemy; check the Expansion1.) Expansion, enlargement -- (the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)
  
  2.) Expansion, enlargement, elaboration -- (a discussion that provides additional information)
  
  expansion or Influence1.) Influence -- (a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc; "used her parents' influence to get the job")
  
  2.) Influence -- (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)
  
  influence of; "Arrest1.) Apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody -- (the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar")
  
  2.) Arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage -- (the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat")
  
  Arrest the Downward1.) Downward -- (on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity")
  
  2.) Down, downward -- (extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream")
  
  downward trend"; "Check1.) Check, bank check, cheque -- (a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check")
  
  2.) Assay, check -- (an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress")
  
  Check the Growth1.) Growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis -- ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children")
  
  2.) Growth -- (a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture")
  
  growth of Communism1.) Communism -- (a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership)
  
  2.) Communism -- (a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society)
  
  communism in South1.) South -- (the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line)
  
  2.) Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland -- (the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861)
  
  South East Asia"; "Contain the Rebel1.) Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback -- (`Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms)
  
  2.) Insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel -- (a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions))
  
  rebel movement"; "Turn1.) Bend, crook, twist, turn -- (a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path")
  
  2.) Turn, turning -- (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right")
  
  Turn back the Tide1.) Tide -- (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)
  
  2.) Tide -- (something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest")
  
  tide of communism")