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detain   (TTS Sound)

The verb detain has 3 senses

• confine, detain -- (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)


• stay, detain, delay -- (stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!")


• delay, detain, hold up -- (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")