seal up
verb
Roget 751:
restrain,
check;
put under restraint,
lay under restraint;
enthral,
enthrall,
inthral†,
inthrall†,
bethral†,
bethrall†;
restrict;
debar
etc.
(hinder)
706;
constrain;
coerce
etc.
(compel)
744;
curb,
control;
hold back,
hold from,
hold in,
hold in check,
hold within bounds,
keep back,
keep from,
keep in,
keep in check,
keep within bounds;
hold in leash,
hold in leading strings;
withhold.
keep under;
repress,
suppress;
smother;
pull in,
rein in;
hold,
hold fast;
keep a tight hand on;
prohibit
etc.
761;
inhibit,
cohibit†.
enchain;
fasten
etc.
(join)
43;
fetter,
shackle;
entrammel†;
bridle,
muzzle,
hopple†,
gag,
pinion,
manacle,
handcuff,
tie one's hands,
hobble,
bind hand and foot;
swathe,
swaddle;
pin down,
tether;
picket;
tie down,
tie up;
secure;
forge fetters;
disable,
hamstring
(incapacitate)
158.
confine;
shut up,
shut in;
clap up,
lock up,
box up,
mew up,
bottle up,
cork up,
seal up,
button up;
hem in,
bolt in,
wall in,
rail in;
impound,
pen,
coop;
inclose
etc.
(circumscribe)
229;
cage;
incage†,
encage†;
close the door upon,
cloister;
imprison,
immure;
incarcerate,
entomb;
clap under hatches,
lay under hatches;
put in irons,
put in a strait-waistcoat;
throw into prison,
cast into prison;
put into bilboes.
arrest;
take up,
take charge of,
take into custody;
take prisoner,
take captive,
make prisoner,
make captive;
captivate;
lead captive,
lead into captivity;
send to prison,
commit to prison;
commit;
give in charge,
give in custody;
subjugate
etc.
749.
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Roget 528:
conceal,
hide,
secrete,
put out of sight;
lock up,
seal up,
bottle up.
encrypt,
encode,
cipher.
cover,
screen,
cloak,
veil,
shroud;
cover up one's tracks;
screen from sight,
screen from observation;
drawing the veil;
draw the curtain,
close the curtain;
curtain,
shade,
eclipse,
throw a view over;
be cloud,
be mask;
mask,
disguise;
ensconce,
muffle,
smother;
befog;
whisper.
keep from;
keep back,
keep to oneself;
keep snug,
keep close,
keep secret,
keep dark;
bury;
sink,
suppress;
keep from,
keep from out of view,
keep from out of sight;
keep in the shade,
throw into the shade,
throw into background;
stifle,
hush up,
smother,
withhold,
reserve;
fence with a question;
ignore
etc.
460.
keep a secret,
keep one's own counsel;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(silence)
585;
make no sign,
not let it go further;
not breathe a word,
not breathe a syllable about;
not let the right hand know what the left is not let the right hand know what the left is doing;
hide one's light under a bushel,
bury one's talent in a napkin.
keep in the dark,
leave in the dark,
keep in the ignorance;
blind,
blind the eyes;
blindfold,
hoodwink,
mystify;
puzzle
etc.
(render uncertain)
475;
bamboozle
etc.
(deceive)
545.
be concealed
etc.
v.;
suffer an eclipse;
retire from sight,
couch;
hide oneself;
lie hid,
lie in perdu [Fr.],
lie in close;
lie in ambush
(ambush)
530;
seclude oneself
etc.
893;
lurk,
sneak,
skulk,
slink,
prowl;
steal into,
steal out of,
steal by,
steal along;
play at bopeep†,
play at hide and seek;
hide in holes and corners;
still hunt.
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Moby thesaurus: bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, bolt, bosom, bottle up, box up, bury, button, button up, cache, cage, check, choke, choke off, clap, cloister, close, close up, confine, constrain, constrict, contain, contract, coop, coop in, coop up, cork up, cover, crib, deposit, detain, embosom, encage, enclose, fasten, fence in, file and forget, fold, fold up, hem in, hide away, hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, immure, impound, inhibit, keep hidden, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, keep secret, key, latch, lock, lock out, lock up, mew, mew up, occlude, padlock, pen, pen up, plant, plumb, pound, put away, rail in, restrain, restrict, seal, seal off, secrete, secure, shackle, shut, shut in, shut the door, shut up, slam, snap, squeeze shut, stash, store away, stow away, strangle, wall in, zip up, zipper ... show more.
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