| 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: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write |
Synonyms: |
autograph, commit to paper, compose, draft, draw up, engross, indict, jot down |
Antonyms: |
speak |
| Main Entry: | autograph |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write signature |
Synonyms: |
endorse, engross, handwrite, ink, inscribe, pen, sign, signature, subscribe, write by hand |
| 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: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create writing, artwork, or music |
Synonyms: |
author, bang out, cast, clef, coin a phrase, comp, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, fudge together, ghost*, ghostwrite, imagine, indite, invent, knock off, knock out, make up, note down, orchestrate, originate, pen, poetize, produce, push pencil, put down, put pen to paper, score, scribble, script, set type, set up, time, turn out, whip up, write |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
| 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 |
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: | correspond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | communicate in writing |
Synonyms: |
answer, drop a kite, drop a line, drop a note, epistolize, exchange letters, have pen pal, hear from, keep in touch, pen, put pen to paper, reply, scribble, send letter, send word, write |
| Main Entry: | cramped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested, overcrowded |
Synonyms: |
awkward, circumscribed, close, closed in, confined, crabbed, crowded, hemmed in, illegible, incommodious, indecipherable, irregular, jammed in, little, minute, narrow, packed, pent, restricted, small, squeezed, tight, tiny, tucked up, two-by-four, uncomfortable |
Antonyms: |
free, open, uncongested, uncramped, uncrowded, uninhibited, unobstructed |