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| Main Entry: |
coop
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| 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: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delimit, outline |
| Synonyms: | belt, border, bound, circumscribe, compass, confine, curb, delineate, demarcate, distinguish, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, establish, fence in, fix, flank, gird, girdle, limit, mark, mark out, rim, set, set bounds to, settle, stake out, surround, verge, wall in |
| Main Entry: | do up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically prepare; fix |
| Synonyms: | clean, doctor, enclose, finish, gift-wrap, launder, mend, overhaul, package, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, repair, revamp, wash, wrap |
| Antonyms: | hurt, injure, ruin |
| Main Entry: | drape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang over, adorn |
| Synonyms: | array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, hang, lean over, let fall, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, suspend, swathe, wrap |
| Antonyms: | undrape |
| Main Entry: | embed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sink, implant |
| Synonyms: | bury, deposit, dig in, drive in, enclose, fasten, fix, hammer in, impact, infix, ingrain, inlay, insert, install, lodge, pierce, plant, plunge, press, put into, ram in, root, set, stick in, stuff in, thrust in, tuck in |
| Antonyms: | dig up |
| Main Entry: | embrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include in one's beliefs; take into account |
| Synonyms: | accept, accommodate, admit, adopt, avail oneself of, comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, deal with*, embody, enclose, encompass, espouse, get into, go in for, grab, have, incorporate, involve, make use of, provide for, receive, seize, subsume, take advantage of, take in, take on, take up, welcome |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust, exclude, reject, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encapsulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase |
| Synonyms: | box, cover, enclose, envelop, sheathe, wrap |
| Main Entry: | encircle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumscribe |
| Synonyms: | band, begird, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, enring, envelop, environ, gird in, girdle, halo, hem in, inclose, invest, ring, surround, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | let go, unloose |
| Main Entry: | encompass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surround, circumscribe |
| Synonyms: | beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring |
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