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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | congested, overcrowded |
| Synonyms: | awkward, circumscribed, close, closed in, confined, crabbed, crowded, hemmed in, illegible, incommodious, indecipherable, irregular, jammed in, little, minute, narrow, packed, pent, restricted, small, squeezed, tight, tiny, tucked up, two-by-four, uncomfortable |
| Antonyms: | free, open, uncongested, uncramped, uncrowded, uninhibited, unobstructed |
| Main Entry: | misty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | filmy, obscure |
| Synonyms: | bleary, blurred, closed in, clouded, cloudy, dark, dewy, dim, enveloped, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, murky, mushy, nebulous, opaque, overcast, shrouded, socked in, soupy, unclear, vague, vaporous |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come nearer |
| Synonyms: | advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon |
| Antonyms: | depart, distance, go away, leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in enclosure |
| Synonyms: | close in, confine, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, mew, pen, restrain, shut in, shut up |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, let out, release |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | advance, approach |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, attain, be accessible, be at disposal, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, become, blow in, bob up, breeze in, burst, buzz*, check in, clock in, close in, draw near, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, flare*, get, get in, happen, hit, hit town, make it, make the scene, materialize, move, move toward, near, occur, originate, pop in, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, reach, ring in, roll in, show, show up, sign in, sky in, spring in, turn out, turn up, wind up at |
| Antonyms: | depart, go, leave, recede, retreat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
| Synonyms: | cage, close in, corral, detain, enclose, fence in, hem in, hold captive, hold prisoner, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, keep, lock up, pen, put under lock and key, shut in, shut up, trap |
| Notes: | a coop is a cage or enclosure; a co-op is a cooperative organization |
| Antonyms: | set free |
| Main Entry: | enclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put inside, surround |
| Synonyms: | block off, blockade, bound, box up, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, fence off, hedge, hem in, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, pen, restrict, set apart, shut in, veil, wall in, wrap |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release, unloose |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | begird, beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, hedge in, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, shut in, skirt, surround, verge |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose |
| Synonyms: | box, cage, case, close in, confine, coop, corral, fence in, hedge, hem in, mew, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
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