vverb.contactplace in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escapeSynset:lock lock away lock in lock up shut away shut up
Examples:- The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend
- She locked her jewels in the safe
Derivationally Related Form:lockup
Hypernyms:confine
Inherited Hypernyms:lock inconfinerestrain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.possessionthrow or cast awaySynset:cast aside cast away cast out chuck out discard dispose fling throw away throw out toss toss away toss out
Derivationally Related Form:discarddispositiondisposalfling
Hypernyms:get rid of remove
Inherited Hypernyms:discardget rid of
Direct Hyponyms:abandonclose outde-accessdeep-sixdumpgive it the deep sixjettisonjunkliquidizeretirescrapsell outsell uptrashunlearnwaste
Full Troponyms:abandonchuckclose outconsignde-accessdeep-sixdispense withdumpforfeitjettisonlapseretiresell outtrashunlearnwaste
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.sociallock up or confine, in or as in a jailTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:gaol immure imprison incarcerate jail jug lag put behind bars remand
Examples:- The suspects were imprisoned without trial
- the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
Derivationally Related Form:imprisonmentgaolerimmurementjailincarcerationjailerremandjailorgaol
Hypernyms:confine detain
Inherited Hypernyms:imprisonconfine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, remand, immure, imprison, gaol, put behind bars, put away)
vverb.contactstop usingSynset:put aside
Examples:- the children were told to put away their toys
- the students put away their notebooks
Inherited Hypernyms:put away
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactkill gently, as with an injectionSynset:put to sleep
Examples:- the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:put awaykill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.consumptioneat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of foodSynset:tuck away tuck in
Examples:- My son tucked in a whole pizza
Hypernyms:eat up finish polish off
Inherited Hypernyms:tuck ineat upeatconsume
Inherited Hypernyms:tuck ineat upeateatconsume
Entailment:eat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- more bread (apply to: tuck away, put away, tuck in)
vverb.communicationturn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarilySynset:put aside
Examples:- it's time for you to put away childish things
Hypernyms:break up cut off disrupt interrupt
Inherited Hypernyms:put awayinterruptbreakendchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something