coop

n. பிரம்புக்கூடை, கோழிக்கூண்டு, மீன் கூடை, சிறு விலங்குகளை அடைக்கும் பட்டி, சிறை (வி.) கூண்டில் அடை, சிறைப்படுத்து.

Synonyms

immure limit bound imprison circumscribe restrict enclose narrow incarcerate bind

Antonyms

dilate expand extend widen unfasten liberate loosen disenclose

Coop, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.] 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch] Coop, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooped; p.pr. & vb.n. Cooping.] Defn: To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland. Syn. -- To crowd; confine; imprison.

coop - Similar Words

scoop coopt cloop oop cop coo scroop cooper coopee collop