vverb.communicationrefuse to talk or stop talking; fall silentSynset:be quiet belt up button up clam up close up dummy up keep mum
Examples:- The children shut up when their father approached
Antonyms:open up
Inherited Hypernyms:close up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.contactplace in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escapeSynset:lock lock away lock in lock up put away shut away
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.changecause to be quiet or not talkSynset:hush hush up quieten silence still
Examples:- Please silence the children in the church!
Antonyms:louden
Derivationally Related Form:silencerhushstillsilence
Hypernyms:conquer stamp down subdue suppress
Inherited Hypernyms:hushsuppresscontrolrestrain
Direct Hyponyms:calm downgaglullmuzzleshout downshush
Causes:hush
Full Troponyms:gaglullshout downshush
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody