Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To close with a zip fastener.

    Always check if you've zipped up your fly before you go out.

    close with a zipper

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive)To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking.

    I'll zip up my lip.

    I'll zip up.

  3. (transitive)To convert a computer file into a smaller package.

Examples

55 sentences
  1. You should zip up your coat.

    Вам слід застібнути пальто.

    ruЗастегните пальто на молнию.

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  2. You should zip your coat up.

    Вам слід застібнути пальто.

    ruЗастегните пальто на молнию.

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  3. He zipped up his jacket.

    Він застебнув свою куртку.

    ruОн застегнул куртку.

    deEr zog den Reißverschluss seiner Jacke zu.

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  4. Tom zipped up his leather jacket.

    deTom machte seine Lederjacke mit dem Reißverschluss zu.

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  5. Help me zip up my dress.

    ruПомоги мне застегнуть платье.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

zips up, zipping up, zipped up, zipped up
Base formzip up · to zip up
3rd person singularzips up
Present participlezipping up
Past simplezipped up
Past participlezipped up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyzip up
he, she, itzips up

Past simpleLesson

all personszipped up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave zipped up
he, she, ithas zipped up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill zip up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedzip-up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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