Synonyms: hush, hush up, still, shut up, silence, quieten
Definition: cause to be quiet or not talk
Usage: Please silence the children in the church!
Similar words: inhibit, curb, conquer, stamp down, subdue, suppress
Definition: to put down by force or authority
Usage: suppress a nascent uprising; stamp down on littering; conquer one's desires
Synonyms: shut away, shut up, lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away
Definition: place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
Usage: The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend; She locked her jewels in the safe
Similar words: confine
Definition: prevent from leaving or from being removed
Definition: closely confined
Similar words: confined
Definition: not free to move about