contain

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To have within; hold.
2. v. To be capable of holding.
3. v. To have as component parts; include or comprise: The album contains many memorable songs.
4. v. To hold or keep within limits; restrain: I could hardly contain my curiosity.
5. v. To halt the spread or development of; check: Science sought an effective method of containing the disease.
6. v. To check the expansion or influence of (a hostile power or ideology) by containment.
7. v. Mathematics To be exactly divisible by.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To hold within fixed limits; comprehend; comprise; include; hold.
2. To be capable of holding; have, as a vessel, an internal volume equal to: as, this vessel contains two gallons.
3. To comprise, as a writing; have as contents.
4. To hold in opinion; regard (with).
5. Reflexively, to conduct or deport (one's self); hence, to act; do.
6. To put restraint on; restrain; retain; withhold.
7. Reflexively, to keep within bounds; hold in; moderate.
8. In mathematics, to be divisible by, without a remainder. One integer is said to contain a second with respect to a third when it is the sum of two parts divisible respectively by the second and third. Synonyms and To embrace, inclose.
9. To restrain or control desire, action, or emotion.
10. To exist; be held or included; be or remain.
11. 3. To conduct one's self; appear in action; behave.
12. To hold (a body of troops) in position, usually by deploying the containing force in its front and threatening an attack.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive : To hold inside.
2. v. transitive : To include as a part.
3. v. transitive : To limit through restraint.
4. v. mathematics, transitive To have as an element.
5. v. obsolete, intransitive To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.
2. v. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to.
3. v. Obs., exept as used reflexively. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
4. v. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. contain or hold; have within
2. v. include or contain; have as a component
3. v. be divisible by
4. v. be capable of holding or containing
5. v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
6. v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits