Limit - English meaning

verb

Seize (someone) by legal authority and take them into custody.

Usage examples:

The police arrested him for possession of marijuana

noun

The action of seizing someone and taking them into custody.

Usage examples:

I have a warrant for your arrest

verb

Take into custody

noun

A device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels.

Usage examples:

He slammed on his brakes

verb

Another term for brake van.

noun

An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.

Usage examples:

The cost of travelling by alternative means such as coach or brake was prohibitive over a season, s…

noun

The headgear used to control a horse, consisting of buckled straps to which a bit and reins are attached.

Usage examples:

Grooms came at once to take the bridles

verb

Put a bridle on (a horse).

Usage examples:

Five horses, saddled and bridled, were tied by the reins to branches of trees

noun

A set of leather straps that are put around a horse's head to allow its rider to control it

noun

A kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak.

Usage examples:

A man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap

verb

Short for percussion cap.

noun

Short for capitalization.

Usage examples:

Mid-cap companies

noun

The upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment.

Usage examples:

The books were stacked from floor to ceiling

verb

Line or plaster the roof of (a building).

Usage examples:

The nave has been ceiled in wood

noun

The inside surface of a room that you can see when you look above you

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Usage examples:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Usage examples:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

verb

Restrict (something) within limits.

Usage examples:

The minister's powers are circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government

verb

To limit something

Usage examples:

Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect., there followed a…

verb

If you circumscribe a triangle, square, etc., you draw a circle that surrounds it and touches each of its corners.

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

noun

A check or restraint on something.

Usage examples:

Plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing

verb

Variant spelling of kerb.

noun

A stone edging to a pavement or raised path.

noun

The action or fact of reducing or restricting something.

Usage examples:

The curtailment of human rights

noun

The action of reducing or limiting something, or of stopping something before it is finished

Usage examples:

She condemned postwar curtailment of civil liberties., the policy included insurance against cancel…

noun

A person or thing that has a subduing or inhibiting effect.

Usage examples:

There's nothing like a swarm of bees to completely put a damper on a graduation ceremony

adjective

Slightly wet.

Usage examples:

Her hair was still damp from the shower

noun

A device that reduces vibration (= fast shaking), for example in an engine

Usage examples:

The system includes a motor with appropriate gear transmission and a damper., the new model has new…

verb

Determine the limits or boundaries of.

Usage examples:

Agreements delimiting fishing zones

verb

To mark or describe the limits of something

Usage examples:

Police powers are delimited by law.

verb

Set the boundaries or limits of.

Usage examples:

Plots of land demarcated by barbed wire

verb

To show the limits of something

Usage examples:

Parking spaces are demarcated by white lines., responsibilities within the department are clearly d…

verb

(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.

Usage examples:

In the winter the milk froze

noun

An act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.

Usage examples:

Workers faced a pay freeze

verb

To become cold enough to become solid

Usage examples:

[ i ] the rainwater froze overnight, leaving the roads icy., [ i ] freeze! keep your hands up!, [ t…

verb

Conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people) with authority.

Usage examples:

He was incapable of governing the country

verb

To control and be responsible for the public business of a country, state, city, or other organized group

Usage examples:

[ t ] the newly elected president will govern the country for four years., prices of manufactured g…

verb

To control and manage a country, city, group of people, etc.

Usage examples:

The party was accused of being unfit to govern., today, he governs a state where hispanics make up …

verb

Grasp, carry, or support with one's hands.

Usage examples:

She was holding a brown leather suitcase

noun

An act or manner of grasping something; a grip.

Usage examples:

He caught hold of her arm

noun

A large compartment or space in the lower part of a ship or aircraft in which cargo is stowed.

Usage examples:

Oversized baggage is placed in the hold of the plane

phrase

To limit something

Usage examples:

We need to find ways of keeping our expenditure in check., there were no longer enough predators to…

noun

A limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction.

Usage examples:

Severe limitations on water use

noun

The act of controlling, or something that controls

Usage examples:

[ c ] the major limitation of early record players was the short playing time of the records., [ u …

noun

Something that controls or reduces something

Usage examples:

Limitation on/upon sth there are strict limitations on where such businesses can locate., impose/pl…

adjective

As great, high, or intense as possible or permitted.

Usage examples:

The vehicle's maximum speed

noun

The greatest amount, extent, or intensity possible, permitted, or recorded.

Usage examples:

The school takes a maximum of 32 pupils

adverb

At the most.

Usage examples:

The table has a length of 4 feet maximum

noun

A short pin or bolt, typically tapered at one end, that is used for securing something in place, hanging things on, or marking a position.

Usage examples:

She put her mac on a peg in the hall

verb

Fix, secure, or mark with a peg or pegs.

Usage examples:

Drape plants with nets, pegging down the edges

abbreviation

Polyethylene glycol.

idiom

To slow or stop the progress of something or someone

Usage examples:

Raising taxes now would put the brakes on economic recovery.

noun

A fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.

Usage examples:

1947 saw the bread ration reduced

verb

Allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity).

Usage examples:

Petrol was so strictly rationed that bikes were always in demand

verb

Control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly.

Usage examples:

A hormone which regulates metabolism

verb

To control an activity or process by rules or a system

Usage examples:

A computer system regulates production., [ + question word ] their parents regulate how much tv the…

verb

To check that the activities of a business or organization are legal and follow official rules or laws

Usage examples:

Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce., the agency regulates the financial service…

noun

A long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving.

Usage examples:

Spotting them, she quickly grabbed the reins and led the horses back at a trot.

verb

Check or guide (a horse) by pulling on its reins.

Usage examples:

He reined in his horse and waited

noun

A long thin piece of material, esp. leather, used to control a horse

verb

Prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits.

Usage examples:

The need to restrain public expenditure

noun

A measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control.

Usage examples:

Decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget

verb

Put a limit on; keep under control.

Usage examples:

Some roads may have to be closed at peak times to restrict the number of visitors

verb

To limit someone's actions or movement, or to limit the amount, size, etc., of something

Usage examples:

The government has so sharply restricted his fishing that he can barely pay his crew., the state le…

verb

To limit something, reduce its size, or prevent it from increasing

Usage examples:

If they want to restrict access to their pages, privacy controls are available., restrict the sale/…

noun

A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.

Usage examples:

Planning restrictions on commercial development

noun

Something that limits someone's actions or movement, or limits the amount, size, etc., of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] you can get a discount fare, but some restrictions (= rules about limits) apply.

noun

An official limit or control on what people or companies are allowed to do, or on what can happen

Usage examples:

Impose/place/put restrictions on sth this practice imposes unneccessary restrictions on employment.…