confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting
(adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action
limiting
(adjective) strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; āthe restrictive clause in āEach made a list of the books that had influenced himā limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clauseā
modification, qualifying, limiting
(noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
Source: WordNet® 3.1
limiting (plural limitings)
A limitation.
limiting
present participle of limit
Source: Wiktionary
Lim"it, n. Etym: [From L. limes, limitis: cf. F.limite; -or from E. limit, v. See Limit, v. t.]
1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor. As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. Pope.
2. The space or thing defined by limits. The archdeacon hath divided it Into three limits very equally. Shak.
3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. The dateless limit of thy dear exile. Shak. The limit of your lives is out. Shak.
4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. Shak.
5. (Logic & Metaph.)
Definition: A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic a differentia.
6. (Math.)
Definition: A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent. Elastic limit. See under Elastic.
– Prison limits, a definite, extent of space in or around a prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and come.
Syn.
– Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound; confine.
Lim"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limited; p. pr. & vb. n. Limiting.] Etym: [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E. eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]
Definition: To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word. Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.
Lim"it, v. i.
Definition: To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 May 2025
(adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; āher amatory affairsā; āamorous glancesā; āa romantic adventureā; āa romantic moonlight rideā
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
