coop up
To confine in a restricted place or situationTo confine in a restricted place or situation
» Tom doesn't like being cooped up in his small office every day.
Том не любит каждый день безвылазно сидеть в тесном офисе. — shanghainese
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1 sensesTo confine in a restricted place or situation
confine in or as if in a coop
Examples
17 sentencesTom doesn't like being cooped up in his small office every day.
ruТом не любит каждый день безвылазно сидеть в тесном офисе. — shanghainese
I hate being cooped up inside on a beautiful day like this.
Who wants to be cooped up indoors on a nice day like this?
ruКому хочется сидеть взаперти в такой прекрасный день? — shanghainese
I can't stand being cooped up in this prison!
ruЯ не могу находиться взаперти в этой тюрьме! — odexed
We've been cooped up inside all day. Let's go out for a walk.
Translations
3 languagesForms
coops up, cooping up, cooped up, cooped up| Base form | coop up · to coop up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | coops up |
| Present participle | cooping up |
| Past simple | cooped up |
| Past participle | cooped up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonyms- confine in or as if in a coop:coop in
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.