verb (v)

• keep under control; keep in check(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  hold back, keep, keep back
  

  source: wordnet30
• place limits on (extent or access)(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  bound, confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel
  

  source: wordnet30
• to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  confine, hold
  

  source: wordnet30
• hold back(verb.contact)

  Synonym:
  constrain, cumber, encumber
  

  source: wordnet30
• to compel or deter by or as if by threats(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  intimidate
  

  source: wordnet30
• To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.(verb)

  source: webster1913