Adjective
shut up -
closely confined
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Verb
shut up -
cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
hush ,
quieten ,
silence ,
still ,
hush up
louden cause to become loud
hush run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
pipe down ,
quiesce ,
quiet down ,
quiet ,
quieten ,
hush become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
stamp down ,
conquer ,
curb ,
inhibit ,
suppress ,
subdue overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears" ; "conquer a country"
sleek over ,
gloss over ,
hush up ,
whitewash treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly
shush silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'
calm down ,
lull become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"
shout down silence or overwhelm by shouting
muzzle ,
gag fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers"
shut up -
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend" ; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
lock in ,
lock away ,
lock ,
put away ,
shut away ,
lock up
confine prevent from leaving or from being removed
shut up -
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
close up ,
clam up ,
dummy up ,
belt up ,
button up ,
be quiet ,
keep mum
open up talk freely and without inhibition
