1. captive

noun. ['ˈkæptɪv'] an animal that is confined.

Rhymes with Captive

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Sentences with captive

1. Adjective
The food you feed your captive discus fish can have a significant impact on its coloration.

Quotes about captive

1. The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
- Mark Caine

2. Once I was free in the shackles of sin:Free to be tempted, just bound to give in;Free to be captive to any desire;Free to eternally burn in hell’s fire.‘Til Someone bought me and called me His slave:Bound by commands I am free to obey;Captive by beauty I’m free to adore--Sentenced to sit at His feet evermore.
- John F. MacArthur Jr.

3. You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. … You are captives—and you have made a captive of the world itself. That's what's at stake, isn't it?—your captivity and the captivity of the world.
- Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

2. captive

adjective. ['ˈkæptɪv'] being in captivity.

3. captive

noun. ['ˈkæptɪv'] a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.

4. captive

noun. ['ˈkæptɪv'] a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.

5. captive

adjective. ['ˈkæptɪv'] giving or marked by complete attention to.