shut up, v.
freq. cnt. 8
freq. cnt. 8
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1
be quiet belt up button up clam up close up dummy up keep mum shut up
sample sentences
"The children shut up when their father approached"verb frames
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lexical pointers
antonym
cause to be quiet or not talk
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
hush hush up quieten shut up silence still
sample sentences
"Please silence the children in the church!"verb frames
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
hyponym
cause
verb group
hypernym
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
lock lock away lock in lock up put away shut away shut up
sample sentences
"The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend""She locked her jewels in the safe"
verb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym