Definitions
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- verb transitive Put into bottles
- verb transitive (
idiomatic ) Keepsuppressed andhidden
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
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synonyms (137)
Words with the same meaning
- arrest
- asphyxiate
- bosom
- box in
- box up
- bury
- cabin
- cache
- cage
- casket
- censor
- check
- choke off
- clamp down on
- cloister
- closet
- coffin
- confine
- constrain
- coop
- coop in
- coop up
- cork
- cork up
- countercheck
- crack down on
- cramp
- crib
- crush
- curb
- dam up
- damp
- damp down
- dampen
- delay
- deposit
- detain
- drown
- embosom
- encage
- encase
- enclose
- entomb
- extinguish
- fence in
- file and forget
- gag
- hem in
- hide away
- hinder
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- hold in check
- hold in custody
- hold in restraint
- hold up
- immure
- impede
- impound
- inhibit
- intercept
- interfere
- intermeddle
- interrupt
- intervene
- jump on
- keep
- keep back
- keep down
- keep hidden
- keep in
- keep in check
- keep in custody
- keep in detention
- keep secret
- keep under
- kill
- lock in
- lock up
- maintain
- meddle
- mew
- mew up
- muzzle
- oppose
- pen
- pen up
- plant
- pound
- pour water on
- preserve
- put away
- put down
- quash
- quell
- quench
- rail in
- repress
- resist
- restrain
- restrict
- retain
- retard
- save
- save up
- scotch
- seal up
- secrete
- set back
- shackle
- shut down on
- shut in
- shut up
- silence
- sit down on
- sit on
- slacken
- smash
- smother
- snub
- squash
- squelch
- stanch
- stash
- stifle
- store away
- stow away
- straiten
- strangle
- stultify
- subdue
- suffocate
- suppress
- throttle
- wall in
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