impounds

verb

present tense third-person singular of impound
as in keeps
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave impound stray animals

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Recent Examples of impounds There's a giant dam that impounds the Colorado River. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 There, the Windy Gap Reservoir impounds the river in a broad mountain valley near Granby, northwest of the ski town of Winter Park. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impounds
  1. keeps
  2. limits
  3. confines
  4. incarcerates
  5. imprisons
  6. restricts
  7. restrains
  8. holds
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  • This isn’t to claim that a PEDF-boost keeps people younger, at least not without a lot more research.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The three-part 40mm drivers deliver fantastic audio by combining highs, mids, and lows to create an immersive soundscape that keeps you engaged and attentive.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of keeps
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  • Ballots counted so far also resoundingly supported Measure E, which limits council members to two terms on the dais.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026
  • When the United States limits its own power, abiding by international norms, consulting allies and partners, and wielding its strength in pursuit of transcendent values, countries find American influence more palatable, which helps sustain it.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of limits
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  • Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of confines
Verb
  • Today, Rikers incarcerates approximately sixty-seven hundred people—most of whom are in pretrial detention, others who are serving terms of less than a year—in facilities that are within New York City while also being out of sight and largely out of reach.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Definition of incarcerates
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  • Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Some progressives saw the former prosecutor as part of a criminal justice establishment that disproportionately imprisons Black men.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of imprisons
Verb
  • But if a school restricts AI entirely, its students will no longer be able to use Google’s Search feature.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Texas Senate Bill 12, enacted in 2025, restricts certain drag performances on public property.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of restricts
Verb
  • Farther down, the levee that restrains the rivers is a low line of trees into the horizon.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The constitutional exclusionary rule restrains government, not private parties, so the Fourth Amendment generally does not bar evidence wrongfully obtained by a private actor.
    — Jihun Joun, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of restrains
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  • Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Those contests will determine which political party holds majorities in the House and Senate.
    — Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of holds

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“Impounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impounds. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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