(transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention. / (transitive) To put under custody. / (transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold.

simple past tense and past participle of detain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detain

present participle of detain

The act by which someone is detained; detention.

The condition of being detained; detention.

plural of detainer

(law) The right to keep a person, or a person's goods or property, against his will. A type of custody. / One who detains.

plural of detainment

Capable of being detained.