Contain

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo hold inside.

"The brown box contains three stacks of books.; a spray bottle containing water."

2.VerbTo include as a part.

"Most of the meals they offer contain meat."

3.VerbTo put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

"I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!"

4.VerbTo have as an element or subset.

"A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.; If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning."

5.VerbTo restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

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