confining
1confining — index binding, commitment (confinement), limited, limiting, oppressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Confining — Confine Con*fine (k[o^]n*f[imac]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confining}.] [F. confiner to border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con + finis boundary, end. See {Final}, {Finish}.] To restrain within limits; to… …
3Confining Condition — An adverse health condition that confines an individual to his or her home or a medical facility such as a hospital or nursing home. Health insurance policy rates take note of individual records and family records of historic confining conditions …
4confining bed — A body of impermeable or distinctly less permeable material stratigraphically adjacent to one or more aquifers [22]. Synonymous with confining unit …
5confining unit — 1. A hydrogeologic unit of impermeable or distinctly less permeable material bounding one or more aquifers and is a general term that replaces aquitard, aquifuge, aquiclude [22]. 2. Means a body of impermeable or distinctly less permeable… …
6confining zone — A geological formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that is capable of limiting fluid movement above an injection zone [22]. See confining unit …
7confining — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. limiting, restricting, bounding, circumscribing, compassing, prescribing, restraining, hampering, repressing, trammeling, checking, enclosing, imprisoning, immuring, incarcerating, detaining, keeping locked up, keeping… …
8confining — con·fine || kÉ’nfaɪn v. limit, restrict; imprison …
9confining — adjective 1. restricting the scope or freedom of action (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑constraining, ↑constrictive, ↑limiting, ↑restricting • Similar to: ↑restrictive 2. crowded …
10confining bed — noun geology : a comparatively impervious stratum directly above or below one bearing water or petroleum …
