restrain
restrain
(rɪstreɪn )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense restrains , present participle restraining , past tense, past participle restrained
1. verb
2. verb
If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do.
She was unable to restrain her desperate anger. [VERB noun]
Unable to restrain herself, she rose and went to the phone. [VERB noun]
Gladys wanted to ask, 'Aren't you angry with him?' But she restrained herself from doing so. [VERB noun + from]
3. verb
The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation. [VERB noun]
In the 1970s, the government tried to restrain corruption. [VERB noun]
