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Detailed Synonyms for shut up in English

shut up:

to shut up verb (shuts up, shut up, shutting up)

  1. to shut up
    to shut up; to be still; shut the mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep one's peace
  2. to shut up
    – cause to be quiet or not talk 1
    to still; to silence; to hush; to shut up; to hush up; quieten
    – cause to be quiet or not talk 1
    • still verb (stills, stilled, stilling)
    • silence verb (silences, silenced, silencing)
      • Please silence the children in the church!1
    • hush verb (hushes, hushed, hushing)
    • shut up verb (shuts up, shut up, shutting up)
    • hush up verb (hushes up, hushed up, hushing up)
    • quieten verb
  3. to shut up
    – refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent 1
    to shut up; to button up; keep mum; close up; belt up; dummy up; clam up; be quiet
    – refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent 1
  4. to shut up
    – place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape 1
    to lock; to shut up; to lock up; to put away; to lock in; lock away; shut away
    – place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape 1
    • lock verb (locks, locked, locking)
      • The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend1
      • She locked her jewels in the safe1
    • shut up verb (shuts up, shut up, shutting up)
    • lock up verb (locks up, locked up, locking up)
    • put away verb (puts away, put away, putting away)
    • lock in verb (locks in, locked in, locking in)
    • lock away verb
    • shut away verb

Conjugations for shut up:

present
  1. shut up
  2. shut up
  3. shuts up
  4. shut up
  5. shut up
  6. shut up
simple past
  1. shut up
  2. shut up
  3. shut up
  4. shut up
  5. shut up
  6. shut up
present perfect
  1. have shut up
  2. have shut up
  3. has shut up
  4. have shut up
  5. have shut up
  6. have shut up
past continuous
  1. was shutting up
  2. were shutting up
  3. was shutting up
  4. were shutting up
  5. were shutting up
  6. were shutting up
future
  1. shall shut up
  2. will shut up
  3. will shut up
  4. shall shut up
  5. will shut up
  6. will shut up
continuous present
  1. am shutting up
  2. are shutting up
  3. is shutting up
  4. are shutting up
  5. are shutting up
  6. are shutting up
subjunctive
  1. be shut up
  2. be shut up
  3. be shut up
  4. be shut up
  5. be shut up
  6. be shut up
diverse
  1. shut up!
  2. let's shut up!
  3. shut up
  4. shutting up
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

shut up adj

  1. shut up
    – closely confined 1
    shut up; pent
    – closely confined 1

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Related Definitions for "shut up":

  1. closely confined1
  2. cause to be quiet or not talk1
  3. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent1
    • The children shut up when their father approached1
  4. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape1

Related Synonyms for shut up