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Verb inhibit has 2 senses
- suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
--1 is one way to control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- inhibit - limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
--2 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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