shut up

Adjective
  1. Closely confined (synset 300561177)
    similar to: confined - not free to move about
    same as: pent
Verb
  1. Refuse to talk or stop talking;
    Fall silent (synset 201042933)
    "The children shut up when their father approached"
    same as: be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum
  2. Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape (synset 201350360)
    "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
    is a type of: confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed
    same as: lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away
  3. Cause to be quiet or not talk (synset 200462448)
    "Please silence the children in the church!"
    causes: hush - become quiet or still; fall silent
    is a type of: conquer, stamp down, subdue, suppress - bring under control by force or authority
    subtypes:
    same as: hush, hush up, quieten, silence, still
    verb group: hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten - become quiet or quieter

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