to check or keep within limits; to restrain or hold back

to check or stop something from moving forward; to suppress; often used with negatives to describe something irresistible or unstoppable

(idiom) unable to restrain one's anger; in a towering rage

(literary) to stop; to prevent; to hold back

to stop; to contain; to curb or arrest

to suppress, restrain, or keep down; to hold back

(idiom) describes a sound or song that is so loud, clear, and beautiful that it stops the passing clouds in the sky

to curb, repress, or restrain; to keep under control

to prohibit, ban, or check something; to restrain or hold back by force

To hide or stop the bad deeds of others while praising their good ones; to be generous and tolerant by soft-pedaling the bad and citing the good.

to stop or prevent something; to obstruct or interrupt halfway; to die prematurely

to stop; to suppress; to quench thirst

to prevent or stop; to thwart; to check the momentum of something

(literary) used to describe a singer's voice being so loud and clear that it pierces or stops the clouds

the diplomatic and military strategy of containing the expansion of a hostile power or ideology

(literary) to forbid music and ensure quietness, specifically during a period of national mourning for a monarch

to restrain or hold back one's emotions or actions

herb in the mustard or cabbage family with white flowers and heart-shaped seed pods