Word Meaning

detains definition and meaning

v. t. To keep back or from; to withhold.
v. t. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
v. t. To hold or keep in custody.
n. Detention.

Crossword clues for detains

- Commotion about arrival time delay
- Confine
- Delay arrest
- Delay or hold back
- Hold back
- Hold In
- Hold in custody
- Hold up
- Imprison
- Keep in custody
- Keeps from proceeding
- Keeps in custody instead, perhaps
- Takes into custody