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English adjective: shut up | |||
| 1. | shut up closely confined | ||
| Synonyms | pent | ||
| Similar | confined | ||
| Antonyms | unconfined | ||
English verb: shut up | |||
| 1. | shut up (communication) refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent | ||
| Samples | The children shut up when their father approached. | ||
| Synonyms | be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Antonyms | open up | ||
| 2. | shut up (contact) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | ||
| Samples | The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend. She locked her jewels in the safe. | ||
| Synonyms | lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine | ||
| 3. | shut up (change) cause to be quiet or not talk | ||
| Samples | Please silence the children in the church!. | ||
| Synonyms | hush, hush up, quieten, silence, still | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | calm down, gag, lull, muzzle, shout down, shush | ||
| Cause | hush | ||
| Verb group | hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten | ||
| Antonyms | louden | ||
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