to limit someone or an animal to a particular place; to imprison someone or an animal in a particular place. Would you please confine the dog to the basement?She confined herself to the small room for over a year because of her fear of crowds.
to contain someone or an animal within something. We were unable to confine the dog within the yard.Could you confine all your car-repair mess within the garage?
to limit something or the doing of something to a person or a thing. Please try to confine your comments to John.Can we confine tonight's discussion to the agenda?