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- pronunciation:
- kup
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- fly the coop
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a cage or enclosure for small animals, esp. birds.
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| definition 2: |
any small, confining place.
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| related words: |
cage, fold, house, hutch, pound, yard |
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| phrase: |
fly the coop |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
coops, cooping, cooped |
| definition: |
to confine in or as in a coop (often fol. by "up").
They cooped the prisoners in a small cellar.We cooped the goats in the new pen behind the house.The doctor's orders cooped me up in this house for two weeks.- similar words:
- hold, pound, shut up
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| related words: |
box, close, lock, stall, yard |
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