Definition of detain

"detain" in the verb sense

1. confine, detain

deprive of freedom take into confinement

2. stay, detain, delay

stop or halt

"Please stay the bloodshed!"

3. delay, detain, hold up

cause to be slowed down or delayed

"Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"

"she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"

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Quotations for detain

To make a long story short (not to detain you by long digressions more than enough). [ Horace ]

detain in Scrabble®

The word detain is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters detain:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word detain

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detain in Words With Friends™

The word detain is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters detain:

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In detain

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Words containing the sequence detain

Words with detain in them (3 words)

Words that end with detain (1 word)

Word Growth involving detain

Shorter words in detain

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ta eta

in

Longer words containing detain

detainable undetainable

detained undetained

detainee detainees

detainer detainers

detaining detainingly

detainment detainments

detains