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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shut up
adj
  1. closely confined
    Synonym(s): pent, shut up(p)
v
  1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
    Synonym(s): close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum
    Antonym(s): open up
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
  3. cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
    Synonym(s): hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
    Antonym(s): louden
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