| VERB | communication | shut up, close up, clam up, dummy up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum | refuse to talk / talk or stop talking / talking |
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| contact | shut up, lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut away, lock up | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | |
| change | shut up, hush, quieten, silence, still, hush up | cause to be quiet or not talk / talk | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | shut up, pent | closely confined |
| Meaning | Closely confined. | |
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| Synonym | pent | |
| Broader | confined | not free to move about |
| Spanish | encerrado | |
| Meaning | refuse to talk / talk or stop talking / talking; fall silent. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The children shut up when their father approached" | |
| Synonyms | close up, clam up, dummy up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum | |
| Opposite | open up | talk / talk freely and without inhibition |
| Spanish | callarse, callar, silenciar | |
| Catalan | callar | |
| Meaning | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut away, lock up | |
| Broader | confine | prevent from leaving or from being removed |
| See also | shut | move so that an opening or passage is obstructed |
| Spanish | encerrar | |
| Meaning | Cause to be quiet or not talk / talk. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | hush, quieten, silence, still, hush up | |
| Cause to | hush | Become quiet or still |
| Narrower | gag, muzzle | prevent from speaking out |
| lull, calm down | Become quiet or less intensive | |
| shout down | silence or overwhelm by shouting | |
| shush | silence (someone) by uttering 'shush!' | |
| Broader | suppress, stamp down, subdue, conquer | To put down by force or authority |
| Opposite | louden | Cause to become loud |
| Similar to | quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down | Become quiet or quieter |
| Spanish | acallar, callar, calmar, silenciar | |
| Catalan | apaivagar, aquietar, assossegar, callar, calmar, emmudir, silenciar | |
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