Example : This holds the local until the express passengers change trains.
About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade.
The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center.
The terrorists held the journalists for ransom.

Synonyms : confine, constrain, hold

Synonyms : cumber, encumber

Example : Security guards restrained the reporter from throwing another shoe.

Example : Hold back your anger.
Keep your cool.
She struggled to restrain her impatience at the delays.

Synonyms : hold back, keep, keep back