[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

confine \confine"\ ko^nfimacn", v. t. imp.  p. p.
   confined; p. pr.  vb. n. confining. f. confiner to
   border upon, ll. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis
   boundary, end. see final, finish.
   to restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound;
   to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
   1913 webster

         now let not nature's hand
         keep the wild flood confined let order die --shak.
   1913 webster

         he is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and
         the slavery of rhyme.                    --dryden.
   1913 webster

   to be confined, to be in childbed.

   syn: to bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose;
        circumscribe; restrict.
        1913 webster
see also:
confined confining final finish to be confined 

[2] : The 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
         childbedprenominal; pent, shut uppredicate;
         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
see also:
unconfined claustrophobic close, confining homebound, housebound, shut-in in childbedprenominal pent, shut uppredicate 
snowbound weather-bound stormbound, storm-bound 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

confined
     adj 1: not free to move about ant: unconfined
     2: enclosed by a confining fence syn: fenced in, penned
     3: not invading healthy tissue ant: invasive
     4: deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
        restraint
     5: in captivity syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed
see also:
unconfined fenced in penned invasive captive imprisoned 
jailed 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

113 moby thesaurus words for "confined":
   angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal,
   authoritative, barred, bedfast, bedridden, beleaguered, beset,
   besieged, blockaded, bound, bounded, boxed in, cabined, caged,
   circumscribed, cloistered, close, close-fitting, closed-in,
   conditioned, constricted, cooped, copyrighted, cordoned,
   cordoned off, corralled, cramp, cramped, cribbed, crowded,
   detained, disciplined, down, enclosed, expert, feature, featured,
   fenced, finite, geographically limited, hedged, hedged about,
   hedged in, hemmed, hemmed in, hospitalized, icebound, immured,
   impounded, imprisoned, in childbed, in confinement, in hospital,
   incapacious, incarcerated, incommodious, insular, invalided,
   isthmian, isthmic, jailed, kept in, knowledgeable, laid up,
   landlocked, leaguered, limited, local, localized, meager, mewed,
   moderated, narrow, near, of a place, paled, parochial, patented,
   penned, pent, pent-up, prescribed, proscribed, prostrate,
   provincial, qualified, quarantined, railed, restrained, restricted,
   scant, scanty, shut-in, sick abed, slender, snowbound, specialist,
   specialistic, specialized, stinted, strait, straitened, technical,
   tight, topical, under restraint, vernacular, walled, walled-in,
   windbound

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http://www.dol.gov/elaws/confined.htm, score=85, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 8:12 pm

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http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/86110v2.html, score=79, date indexed=January 23, 2006, 12:43 pm

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http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/confinedspaces/index.html, score=76, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 4:16 pm

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http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/confinedspaces/index.html, score=63, date indexed=November 4, 2005, 4:01 pm

Confined Space
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http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/constructionconfined/index.html, score=60, date indexed=December 31, 2005, 1:03 am

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