What is the meaning of confines?

noun

• A bounded scope.
  • usage: "he stayed within the confines of the city"

verb

• Place limits on (extent or access. )
  • usage: "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
  • synonyms: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: limit, circumscribe, confine
• Prevent from leaving or from being removed.
  • synonyms: confine
• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: enclose, hold in, confine
• Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.
  • synonyms: confine, detain
• To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.
  • usage: "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
  • synonyms: restrain, confine, hold