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1. Include; have as a component
   "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's";
   - incorporate, comprise
    
2. Have within
   "This can contains water";
   - hold, bear, carry
    
3. Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
   "contain your anger";
   - control, hold in, hold, check, curb, moderate, mod [informal]
    
4. (arithmetic) be divisible by
   "24 contains 6"
    
5. Be capable of holding or containing
   "This box won't contain all the items";
   - take, hold
    
6. Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
   "Contain the rebel movement";
   - check, turn back, arrest, stop, hold back

Derived forms: contained, containing, contains

Type of: be, defend, hold back, include, keep, keep back, restrain

Encyclopedia: Contain