contain

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from , combined form of +.

Verb

 * 1)  To hold inside.
 * 2)  To include as a part.
 * 3)  To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
 * 4)  To have as an element or subset.
 * 5)  To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
 * 1)  To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
 * 2)  To have as an element or subset.
 * 3)  To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
 * 1)  To have as an element or subset.
 * 2)  To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
 * 1)  To have as an element or subset.
 * 2)  To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
 * 1)  To have as an element or subset.
 * 2)  To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
 * 1)  To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
 * 1)  To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
 * 1)  To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

Usage notes

 * This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , ; See also Thesaurus:curb
 * ,, , , , ; See also Thesaurus:curb
 * ,, , , , ; See also Thesaurus:curb

Translations

 * Arabic: اِحْتَوَى, تَضَمَّنَ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: enhavi
 * Finnish:, , , estää leviämästä
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χανδάνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Norman: cont'nîn
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: vsebovati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: اِحْتَوَى
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Norman: cont'nîn
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: vsebovati, vključevati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Yiddish: כּולל זײַן


 * Arabic: اِحْتَوَى
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norman: cont'nîn
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: obvladovati, obvladati
 * Spanish: ,


 * Finnish: (1)
 * French:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: continēre