Definition of detain
English to English noun - Detention.
source: Webster 1913 verb - deprive of freedom; take into confinement
source: WordNet 3.0 - stop or halt
Please stay the bloodshed!.
source: WordNet 3.0 - cause to be slowed down or delayed
Traffic was delayed by the bad weather.
She delayed the work that she didn't want to perform.
source: WordNet 3.0 - To keep back or from; to withhold.
source: Webster 1913 English to Tagalog verb - [ditén] Impitin; pigilin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
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detainee, demain, dean, detinue, dietine, duettino, ditation, daimon, datahanin, den, dietitian, dayain, din, dan, dead-on, dittany, demiman, datihan, damiana, diamine
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