| confine | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: constrain, hold, restrain |
| (verb) prevent from leaving or from being removed | - |
| (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: detain |
| (verb) close in | Synonyms: enclose, hold in |
| define | (verb) give a definition for the meaning of a word | - |
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| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: determine, fix, limit, set, specify |
| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify |
| (verb) determine the nature of | - |
| (verb) show the form or outline of | Synonyms: delineate |
| fine | (verb) impose a fine on | Synonyms: mulct |
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| (verb) record a fine as a penalty in a police record | Synonyms: ticket |
| overrefine | (verb) refine too much or with excess of subtlety | Synonyms: over-refine |
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| redefine | (verb) give a new or different definition of (a word) | - |
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| (verb) give a new or different definition to | - |
| refine | (verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities | Synonyms: rectify |
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| (verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | Synonyms: down, fine-tune, polish |
| (verb) treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition | - |
| (verb) attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying | - |
| (verb) make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of | - |
| (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, elaborate, rarify |