detain

1. Deprive of freedom;
   Take into confinement (synset 202500687)
   subtypes:

   • keep - hold and prevent from leaving
   • straiten - squeeze together
   • gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
   • intern - deprive of freedom
   • bind over - order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her
   • imprison - confine as if in a prison
   • cage, cage in - confine in a cage
   • pin down, trap - place in a confining or embarrassing position
   • keep in - cause to stay indoors
   same as: confine
2. Stop or halt (synset 200461855)
   "Please stay the bloodshed!"
   is a type of: check, delay, retard - slow the growth or development of
   same as: delay, stay
3. Cause to be slowed down or delayed (synset 200460731)
   "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
   is a type of: decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly
   subtypes:

   • stonewall - engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate
   • catch - delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
   • stall - deliberately delay an event or action
   • buy time - act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage
   same as: delay, hold up

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