Adjective shut up has 1 sense
- pent, shut up - closely confined
Antonym: unconfined (indirect, via confined)
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Verb shut up has 3 senses
- close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum - refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up - place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
--2 is one way to confine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
--3 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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