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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

con·tain / kənˈtān/ • v. [tr.] 1. have or hold (someone or something) within. ∎ be made up of (a number of things); consist of: borscht can contain mainly beets or a number of vegetables. ∎ (of a number) be divisible by (a factor) without a remainder. 2. control or restrain (oneself or a feeling). ∎ prevent (a severe problem) from increasing in extent or intensity: a new western policy to contain the conflict in Bosnia. DERIVATIVES: con·tain·a·ble adj.

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contain keep within certain limits XIII; have in it, comprise XIV. ME. conte(i)ne repr. tonic stem of (O)F. contenir :- L. continēre, f. CON- + tenēre hold.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

contain •abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, pain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne •watch chain • mondaine • Haldane •ultramundane • Cellophane •novocaine • sugar cane • marocain

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