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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
shut up
    adj 1: closely confined [syn: pent, shut up(p)]
    v 1: refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children
         shut up when their father approached" [syn: close up,
         clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up,
         be quiet, keep mum] [ant: 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" [syn: 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!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still,
       shut up, hush up] [ant: louden]

Thesaurus Results for shut up:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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