contained > define

verb

• Include or contain; have as a component.
  • usage: "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"
  • synonyms: incorporate, contain, comprise
• Contain or hold; have within.
  • usage: "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"
  • synonyms: hold, bear, carry, contain
• Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.
  • usage: "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
  • synonyms: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
• Be divisible by.
  • usage: "24 contains 6"
  • synonyms: contain
• Be capable of holding or containing.
  • usage: "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
  • synonyms: contain, take, hold
• Hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
  • usage: "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"
  • synonyms: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back

adjective

• Gotten under control.
  • usage: "the oil spill is contained"