| 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: | 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: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delimit, outline |
Synonyms: |
belt, border, bound, circumscribe, compass, confine, curb, delineate, demarcate, distinguish, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, establish, fence in, fix, flank, gird, girdle, limit, mark, mark out, rim, set, set bounds to, settle, stake out, surround, verge, wall in |
| Main Entry: | impound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
Synonyms: |
cage, coop up, enclose, fence in, hold, imprison, keep, pen, seize, shut in, take |
| Main Entry: | imprison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine; put in jail |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, bastille, bottle up, cage, check, circumscribe, closet, commit, constrain, curb, detain, fence in, hold, hold captive, hold hostage, hold in custody, ice*, immure, impound, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, keep captive, keep in custody, limit, lock in, lock up, nab, occlude, pen, put away, put behind bars, rail in, remand, restrain, send to prison, send up, shut in, stockade, take prisoner, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose |
Synonyms: |
box, cage, case, close in, confine, coop, corral, fence in, hedge, hem in, mew, shut in |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | surround |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, encircle something |
Synonyms: |
beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, confine, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe, gird, girdle, go around, hem in, inundate, invest, lay siege to, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, shut in, skirt, verge |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | surrounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | encircled |
Synonyms: |
enclosed, encompassed, enveloped, fenced, fenced in, hedged, ringed |
Antonyms: |
agape, free, unfenced |