to cabin

Examples

• All

• Britain had an unwritten constitution, and Englishmen saw it as a valuable means of cabining the Crown's tendency toward the arbitrary exercise of power.

  Academic text (2016)

• This part begins by drawing on the insights of Karl Marx, who saw liberalism as a hopelessly naïve effort to cabin the influence of global capitalism.

  Academic text (2016)

• So what cabin you in?

  Camp Cool Kids (2017)

• This part evaluates whether the courts or Congress can cabin executive enforcement discretion.

  Academic text (2018)

• What cabin you in?

  Camp Cool Kids (2017)

• Because the other branches fail to adequately cabin executive discretion, the executive branch must apply internal constraints in order to be in conformity with its Take Care obligations.

  Academic text (2018)

• O'Sullivan employed an unusually shallow depth of field to cabin the Apache figures in a narrow layer of optical scrutiny.

  Academic text (2003)

• Anticipating the possibility that the Delaware Supreme Court might be too sympathetic to a board's claim that it knew better than the shareholders, the authors sought to provide the court with a framework for responding to such claims in a way that would cabin what would meet the test.

  Academic text (2016)

• And those who enact and interpret the "law" of law and economics would do well to cabin their temptations to arrogance, to recognize the limits of the state's power, and to understand law's inevitable relationship to the laws of economics in creating consequences for human behavior.

  Academic text (1997)

• The committee decided to cabin the discussion to just a few key topics to keep the meeting focused.

Synonyms

C

to coop

vsto cabin

• Informal

46 6.1

To keep someone or something in a small space so they cannot move freely

is similar but focuses on confining to a specific small living space

C

to closet

vsto cabin

4 7.1

To shut someone in a small room to talk or work privately

is about limiting movement to a compact enclosed area without secrecy focus

C

to coop up

vsto cabin

• Informal

1 6.4

To keep a person or animal inside a small space like a cage

is about restricting someone to a small enclosed space rather than a cage

Antonyms

R

release

279 1.8

An act of letting someone or something go free from being held

L

to liberate

104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

Compounds

L

log cabin

12 2.5

A small house built from round pieces of wood, often in the woods

C

cabin boy

• Archaic

4 6.5

A young boy who works on a ship and helps officers and passengers

C

cabin cruiser

2 5.3

A large motorboat with a cabin, toilet and small kitchen for living on board

R

rustic cabin

1 3.9

A small simple wooden house in the countryside

C

cabin car

• Archaic

6.9

A car at the end of a freight train where the crew rest

C

cabin class

3.1

A cheaper travel class on a ship, train, or plane than first class

C

cabin girl

• Archaic

8.1

A young woman who works as a helper on a ship in passengers' or officers' cabins

C

cabin liner

5.2

A passenger ship with private cabins for travelers

P

pressure cabin

• Specialized

4.0

A part of a plane or spacecraft kept with extra air so people can breathe normally

How Confined

to imprison

• Formal

178 4.2

to shut in

5.1

to cabin

8.6

to trap

919 2.6

Surface Forms

Etymology