Search Result for "shut_up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent;
- Example: "The children shut up when their father approached"
[syn: close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum]

2. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape;
- Example: "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"
- Example: "She locked her jewels in the safe"
[syn: lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up]

3. cause to be quiet or not talk;
- Example: "Please silence the children in the church!"
[syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. closely confined;
[syn: pent, shut up(p)]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shut up
    adj 1: closely confined [syn: pent, shut up(p)]
    v 1: refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children
         shut up when their father approached" [syn: close up,
         clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up,
         be quiet, keep mum] [ant: open up]
    2: 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" [syn: lock
       in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away,
       lock up]
    3: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children
       in the church!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still,
       shut up, hush up] [ant: louden]