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Contain   /kəntˈeɪn/   Listen
Contain

verb
(past & past part. contained; pres. part. containing)
1.
Include or contain; have as a component.  Synonyms: comprise, incorporate.  "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
2.
Contain or hold; have within.  Synonyms: bear, carry, hold.  "The canteen holds fresh water" , "This can contains water"
3.
Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.  Synonyms: check, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate.  "Hold your tongue" , "Hold your temper" , "Control your anger"
4.
Be divisible by.
5.
Be capable of holding or containing.  Synonyms: hold, take.  "The flask holds one gallon"
6.
Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.  Synonyms: arrest, check, hold back, stop, turn back.  "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia" , "Contain the rebel movement" , "Turn back the tide of communism"



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"Contain" Quotes from Famous Books



... is evidenced in the nationwide tree balloting now being conducted by the American Forestry Association for the selection of a national tree. In this voting nut bearing trees are in the lead. Many nuts contain as much musclebuilding food as rich cheese, a third more than beef steak, twice as much fat as cheese, five times as much as eggs. Chestnuts contain 70 per cent of starch, nearly as much as the best wheat flour and four times as much as potatoes. Peanuts and hickory nuts are three ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting - Washington, D. C. October 7 AND 8, 1920 • Various

... no particular character, nor need they have any, as they merely introduce the last two, which contain an utterance of blank despair and desolation which seems to me more expressive than any other that ...
— The Galaxy - Vol. 23, No. 1 • Various

... properly equipped and ready for the best company, Mr. Gridley said to the young poet, who had found it very hard to contain his impatience, that they would now call together on the publisher to whom he wished to introduce him, and ...
— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... removed and hung up in the clothes-closet the beautiful furs, dress, and hat. Her bag was open on the couch, but it seemed to contain no kimono, and the Western girl remained half hidden behind the portiere ...
— Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch • Annie Roe Carr

... only pair, as it seemed, who were yet hesitating on the verge of wickedness in this dark world. A basin was hollowed, naturally, in the rock. Did it contain water, reddened by the lurid light? or was it blood? or, perchance, a liquid flame? Herein did the shape of evil dip his hand and prepare to lay the mark of baptism upon their foreheads, that they might be partakers ...
— Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories • Nathaniel Hawthorne


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