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Main Entry: barricade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: block, usually to protect

Synonyms:

bar, blockade, defend, fortify, obstruct, shut in

Antonyms:

allow, open
Main Entry: besiege
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surround; assault

Synonyms:

assail, attack, beleaguer, beset, blockade, come at from all sides, confine, congregate, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, invest, lay siege to, shut in, trap, work on, work over

Antonyms:

leave alone
Main Entry: bottle up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold in check

Synonyms:

box up, bring to naught, check, collar, contain, coop up, cork, corner, cover up, cramp, curb, enclose, entrap, hold back, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep feeling inside oneself, keep secret, repress, restrain, restrict, shut in, suppress, trap

Antonyms:

confide, reveal, tell
Main Entry: cage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold in enclosure

Synonyms:

close in, confine, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, mew, pen, restrain, shut in, shut up

Antonyms:

free, let go, let out, release
Main Entry: confined
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: limited, enclosed

Synonyms:

bedfast, bedridden, bottled up, bound, chilled, circumscribed, compassed, cooped up, cramp, cramped, detained, flattened out, grounded, hampered, held, hog-tied, iced, immured, imprisoned, in chains, in jail, incarcerated, incommodious, indisposed, invalided, jailed, laid up, locked up, on ice, pent, restrained, restricted, sealed up, shut in, sick

Antonyms:

free, liberated, unlimited
Main Entry: coop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: confine

Synonyms:

cage, close in, corral, detain, enclose, fence in, hem in, hold captive, hold prisoner, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep, lock up, pen, put under lock and key, shut in, shut up, trap
Notes: a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization

Antonyms:

set free
Main Entry: corral
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose

Synonyms:

cage, confine, coop up, fence in, lock up, pen, shut in, shut up

Antonyms:

set free
Main Entry: enclose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put inside, surround

Synonyms:

block off, blockade, bound, box up, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, fence off, hedge, hem in, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, pen, restrict, set apart, shut in, veil, wall in, wrap

Antonyms:

free, let go, release, unloose
Main Entry: enslave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone a servant

Synonyms:

bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, enchain, enclose, enthrall, fetter, get hooks into, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, keep under thumb, oppress, put in irons, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, shut in, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, yoke

Antonyms:

allow, emancipate, free, let go, liberate
Main Entry: envelop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encase, hide

Synonyms:

blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up

Antonyms:

free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap
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