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homebound housebound shut-in - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  confined \confined\ adj.
     1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
        usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining;
           homebound, housebound, shut-in; in childbed(prenominal)
           ; pent, shut up(predicate);
           snowbound; weather-bound; stormbound, storm-bound
           ]
           [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
        restraint.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor
        area; -- of animals.
  
     Syn: fenced in, penned.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     5. held prisoner.
  
     Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area;
        as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of
        the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.
        [PJC]