1 to keep something harmful within limits and not allow it to spread:
2 (of an object or area) to have an amount of something inside or within it:
Raw vegetables contain more potassium than cooked ones.
The following programme contains scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers.
The pens were contained in a secure room with adequate light and ventilation with heating available as required.
The syncytium cytoplasm contained mitochondria and vesicles, similar to those in collecting tubes (fig. 23).
Macrophages containing haemosiderin pigment were found particularly in the meninges.
