The meaning of Coop

noun

A large cage, building, or enclosure for keeping birds in.

Usage examples:

Adult captive birds were observed in aviaries and zoos in england, germany, and the usa.

noun

A large cage (= area surrounded by wire or bars) or closed space in which birds are kept as pets

noun

A cage for pet birds, typically made of wire or cane.

Usage examples:

He always loved birds,’ said anthony, pointing to the three birdcages with birds hanging up in his …

noun

A cage (= container with wire bars) in which birds are kept so that people can look at them

noun

A structure of bars or wires in which birds or other animals are confined.

Usage examples:

She kept a canary in a cage

verb

Confine in a cage.

Usage examples:

The parrot screamed, furious at being caged

noun

A structure shaped like a box but with bars or wires as its sides, for keeping pets or for housing animals

Usage examples:

The lab was stocked with wire cages for mice.

phrasal verb

Advance or converge on

phrasal verb

To move toward someone or something gradually and from all directions

Usage examples:

It felt as though the walls of the room were closing in on her.

collocation

Working closely together to create or achieve the same thing

Usage examples:

The director was in close collaboration with the playwright., i think you will find that they are g…

verb

Keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time).

Usage examples:

He does not confine his message to high politics

noun

The borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

Within the confines of the hall escape was difficult

verb

To keep someone or something within limits

Usage examples:

The animals were confined in a large pen., harris does not confine her stage work to broadway., can…

verb

Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

Usage examples:

She made to open the door, but he detained her

verb

To force someone officially to stay in a place

Usage examples:

A suspect is being detained by the police for further questioning., we were detained in traffic and…

noun

An area that is surrounded by a barrier.

Usage examples:

A deer enclosure

noun

A box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals.

Usage examples:

A rabbit hutch

noun

A cage or box to keep small animals in

noun

A box made of wood with a wire front where small animals such as rabbits are kept

Usage examples:

I fed the rabbit a carrot through the wire netting of its hutch.

verb

Enclose or confine (someone) against their will.

Usage examples:

Her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum

verb

To put someone inside something such as a prison or tomb (= a place where dead bodies are buried) and keep them there

Usage examples:

The aristocracy chose to immure its dead in church vaults or specially constructed mausoleums., the…

verb

Seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law.

Usage examples:

Vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded

verb

Put or keep in prison or a place like a prison.

Usage examples:

He was imprisoned three times for his activities

verb

To put someone in prison or in a situation that is like prison

Usage examples:

If found guilty, he could be imprisoned for ten years., after weeks of snow, she felt imprisoned in…

verb

Imprison or confine.

Usage examples:

Many are incarcerated for property offences

noun

A student or trainee who works, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.

Usage examples:

Training for the student interns will be done during the week of may 13-17.

verb

Confine (someone) as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons.

Usage examples:

The family were interned for the duration of the war as enemy aliens

verb

To put someone in prison for political or military reasons

verb

Have or retain possession of.

Usage examples:

Return one copy to me, keeping the other for your files

noun

Food, clothes, and other essentials for living.

Usage examples:

The society are paying for your keep

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity

collocation

Secure by locking

phrasal verb

Imprison someone.

Usage examples:

He thought smart ought to be locked up

phrasal verb

To make a building or room safe by locking the door and fastening the windows

Usage examples:

Don't forget to lock up when you leave the house., if found guilty, he could be locked up for life.

verb

(of a cat or some kinds of bird) make a characteristic high-pitched crying noise.

Usage examples:

Cats mewing to be fed

noun

The high-pitched crying noise of a cat or bird.

Usage examples:

A kitten's mew

verb

(of a trained hawk) moult.

Usage examples:

The eyasses clung dully to their leashes as if they were mewing

noun

An enclosed area of ground; a small field or paddock, especially one close to a farmhouse. also figurative. in early use also (occasionally): †a fence or set of hurdles for enclosing an area of ground (obsolete). now chiefly english regional.

noun

A group of people, animals, or things packed closely together; a crowd, a mob.

noun

Especially in kent and sussex: a meeting or assembly of a kind once thought to have been held in order to take account of rents and pannage. historical.

noun

An instrument for writing or drawing with ink, typically consisting of a metal nib or ball, or a nylon tip, fitted into a metal or plastic holder.

Usage examples:

These include a cuddly toy, a ball, pens, pencils and paper, a toothbrush and toothpaste.

verb

Write or compose.

Usage examples:

Olivia penned award-winning poetry

verb

Put or keep (an animal) in a pen.

Usage examples:

It was the practice to pen the sheep for clipping

noun

A unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg).

Usage examples:

A short ton is the standard u.s. ton of 2,000 pounds and measures weight.

verb

Strike or hit heavily and repeatedly.

Usage examples:

Patrick pounded the couch with his fists

verb

Shut (an animal) in a pound.

noun

A bar or series of bars fixed on upright supports or attached to a wall or ceiling, serving as part of a barrier or used to hang things on.

Usage examples:

A curtain rail

verb

Provide or enclose (a space or place) with a rail or rails.

Usage examples:

The altar is railed off from the nave

verb

Complain or protest strongly and persistently about.

Usage examples:

He railed at human fickleness

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

Usage examples:

The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

Usage examples:

I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

phrasal verb

Keep someone or something inside a place by closing something such as a door.

Usage examples:

Her parents shut her in an upstairs room

phrasal verb

To prevent someone or something from leaving a place, usually by closing or fastening a door or gate

Usage examples:

The cat was shut in the garage all night., he was so upset that he shut himself in his bedroom and …

phrasal verb

To catch part of your body or an object inside a device or container when it closes

Usage examples:

Steve was off work for a week after he shut his hand in the car door.

noun

A device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

Usage examples:

The squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps

verb

Short for trapdoor.

verb

Put trappings on (a horse).

Usage examples:

The horses were trapped with black velvet