Library / English Dictionary

COOP UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Confine in or as if in a coop

Example:

she coops herself up in the library all day

Synonyms:

coop in; coop up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "coop up" is one way to...):

confine (prevent from leaving or from being removed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

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