Antonym: free. Similar words: captivate, captivation, captivating, adaptive, caption, captious, receptive, deceptive. Meaning: ['kæptɪv] n. 1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war 2. an animal that is confined 3. a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion. adj. 1. in captivity 2. giving or marked by complete attention to.
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31 Not that socially imposed monogamy need extend to captive slaves.
32 It can be said he was addressing a captive audience ... of stooges.
33 Several studies on digestion of bone by captive owls and diurnal birds of prey have been published.
34 Work out the answers to these questions: Where were the Athenians held captive?
35 He heard the patter of feet behind him and turned, his captive slid from his hands like an eel.
36 If they die the whole campaign to save the condor by captive breeding could come under renewed attack.
37 The eye-level grill with captive locking device leaves you with both hands free to turn hot food safely.
38 His black telephone sat captive in a pool of light, ready for interrogation.
39 Little wonder patients held captive by their immobility were fearful.
40 But what pleasure to be left hanging as the sticky captive in the center of the silvery web!
41 Armed gunmen broke into the church and took the priest captive.
42 The photo showed the captive sitting down, encircled by several armed men.
43 Public aquariums are a good source of information regarding the status of captive breeding of invertebrates.
43 Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
44 Zoos contribute substantially to the captive banks of many endangered species and those that are less rare.
45 We want to cooperate with leading manufacturers without being captive to them.
46 The latter is a major reason for continued interest among non-insurance companies in setting up their own captive insurance subsidiaries.
47 The outcome of these behaviours in a captive colony is the formation of one-male groups similar to those found in the wild.
48 His family were a captive audience, especially at meal times, which were central to their day.
49 The sixth child was taken captive but returned to friends a few years later.
50 Too late, for as they spoke their captive became a lion, roaring and glaring terribly.
51 It haunted his dreams, controlled his waking hours, held him captive.
52 Use of a captive can produce cost savings and cash flow advantages for groups.
53 The scheme will turn the 36-acre Regents Park site into a first-rate animal conservation and captive breeding centre.
54 I had seen the march of feudal armies, the victors returning in triumph, captive princes led past in chains.
55 It is often seen in nature, but becomes much more obvious when natural hazards are removed in captive and human populations.
56 Verbal, as opposed to written, reports give you more freedom to exploit your captive audience.
57 By night he is a prisoner, the last captive of Tangentopoli.
58 In studies in Hawaii in 1984, a captive bottlenose dolphin was trained to mimic computer-generated sounds by modifying its whistle.
59 Anyone belonging to these categories who had been taken captive was to be freed.
60 He was a real showman, and however he was feeling, he always rose to the bait of a captive audience!
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