COOP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coop up mean? 

• COOP UP (verb)
  The verb COOP UP has 1 sense:

1. confine in or as if in a coop

  Familiarity information: COOP UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOP UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Confine in or as if in a coop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

coop in; coop up

Context example:

she coops herself up in the library all day

Hypernyms (to "coop up" is one way to...):

confine (prevent from leaving or from being removed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP