transitive. To seal, to impress or secure with a seal, to seal up.

transitive. To shut in; to lock up.

transitive. To lock up in a room, building, etc.; (also) to lock or shut out. Also figurative.

To shut (a person or thing) out or in. Obsolete.

To shut up; to keep out. Obsolete.

transitive. To prevent access to or confine (a person or thing) by shutting a door, etc. or closing a receptacle. Also reflexive.

transitive. To turn (a person or thing) out and lock the door or doors against; to prevent the entrance of by locking the door or doors. Also figur…

transitive. To prevent the passage of (a thing) by placing something in the way; to shut in, out, or off; to enclose or exclude. Also: to cover or…

transitive. To bolt in, fasten in with bolts.

to bolt out, in, up: to exclude, shut in, shut up, by bolting a door, etc. Also figurative.

To lock or shut up. In quot. 1816 figurative.

Originally and chiefly British University slang. transitive. To shut (a person) in by closing the door. Obsolete.