verb see: thin
Date: 14th century
transitive verb to keep within limits: as, restrain , control , check , halt , to follow successfully a policy of containment toward , to prevent (as an enemy or opponent) from advancing or from making a successful attack,
2. to have within ; hold , comprise , include ,
3. to be divisible by usually without a remainder, enclose , bound , intransitive verb to restrain oneself, containable adjective Synonyms: see: contain