shut-up

(verb) refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent. Synonyms: close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum. Example: "The children shut up when their father approached."

(verb) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape. Synonyms: lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up. Examples: "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend." "She locked her jewels in the safe."

(verb) cause to be quiet or not talk. Synonyms: hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up. Example: "Please silence the children in the church!."

(adj) closely confined. Synonyms: pent, shut up(predicate).