Verb: restrict ri'strikt
- Place restrictions on
"restrict drinking in school";
- curtail, curb, cut back
- Place limits on (extent, amount or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot";
- trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
- Place under restrictions; limit access to by law
"that area is restricted to security personnel only";
- control
- Prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed
"The government restricted access to classified documents"
Derived forms: restricting, restricted, restricts
Type of: act, circumscribe, confine to, keep, limit, move, prevent
Encyclopedia: Restrict