Word Meaning

Meaning of detains

- To keep back or from; to withhold.
- To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.
- To hold or keep in custody.
- Detention.

Crossword clue for detains

- Commotion about arrival time delay
- Confine
- Delay arrest
- Delay or hold back
- Hold back
- Hold In
- Hold in custody
- Hold up
- Imprison
- Keep in custody
- Keeps from proceeding
- Keeps in custody instead, perhaps
- Takes into custody