verb
- Include or contain; have as a component.
- usage: "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
- synonyms: incorporate, comprise
- Contain or hold; have within.
- usage: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
- Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.
- usage: "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
- Be divisible by.
- usage: "24 contains 6"
- Be capable of holding or containing.
- usage: "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
- Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
- usage: "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
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