transitive. figurative and in extended use. To confine (a person or thing) in a small space or within narrow limits, as if in a box, esp…

transitive. To confine in, or as in, a cage.

To shut up, enclose, as in a bunged cask.

transitive (in passive). To be shut up or enclosed in, or as though in, a cell; (now esp.) to be shut up with (another person).

transitive. To shut up as in an oven. rare.

transitive. To shut up in or as in a pew. rare except in 19th cent.

To shut up (sheep, etc.) in a fold.

transferred. To confine as in a sty; to place in narrow and uncomfortable quarters; to pen up.

transitive. To enclose as in a cabin or cabinet; to confine, restrict.

transitive. To catch in a spider's web. Frequently figurative: to ensnare or entangle as if in a spider's web. Also with round.