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Antonyms for shut in
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : shuht-in |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃʌtˌɪn |
- abandon
- aid
- allow
- assist
- cease
- center
- confide
- develop
- disconnect
- disregard
- doctor
- emancipate
- encourage
- enlarge
- exclude
- expand
- extend
- face
- forget
- free
- give
- grow
- healthy
- help
- ignore
- increase
- lay bare
- leave alone
- lengthen
- let go
- let loose
- let out
- liberate
- liberated
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- meet
- open
- permit
- raise
- reject
- release
- reveal
- set free
- speak
- stop
- stretch
- take out
- tell
- unbind
- uncover
- unfasten
- unlimited
- unloose
- untie
- unwrap
- well
Definition of shut in
Origin :- Old English scyttan "to put (a bolt) in place so as to fasten a door or gate, bolt, shut to; discharge, pay off," from West Germanic *skutjan (cf. Old Frisian schetta, Middle Dutch schutten "to shut, shut up, obstruct"), from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)). Related: Shutting.
- Meaning "to close by folding or bringing together" is from mid-14c. Meaning "prevent ingress and egress" is from mid-14c. Sense of "to set (someone) free (from)" (c.1500) is obsolete except in dialectal phrases such as to get shut of. To shut (one's) mouth "desist from speaking" is recorded from mid-14c.
- As in confined : adj limited, enclosed
- As in invalid : noun sick person
- As in patient : noun person being treated for medical problem
- As in imprison : verb confine; put in jail
- As in pen : verb enclose
- As in restrict : verb confine, limit situation or ability to participate
- As in barricade : verb block, usually to protect
- As in surround : verb enclose, encircle something
- As in besiege : verb surround; assault
- As in bottle up : verb hold in check
- As in cage : verb hold in enclosure
- As in mew : verb enclose
- As in coop : verb confine
- As in corral : verb enclose
- As in enclose : verb put inside, surround
- As in enslave : verb make someone a servant
- As in envelop : verb encase, hide
- As in hem/hem in : verb enclose, restrict
- As in impound : verb confine
Synonyms for shut in
- apprehend
- assail
- attack
- bar
- bastille
- bedfast
- bedridden
- begird
- beleaguer
- beset
- besiege
- bind
- blanket
- block off
- blockade
- border
- bottle up
- bottled up
- bound
- box
- box in
- box up
- bring to naught
- cage
- capture
- case
- chain
- check
- chilled
- circle
- circumscribe
- circumscribed
- circumvent
- cloak
- close around
- close in
- close in on
- closet
- coerce
- collar
- come at from all sides
- come down on
- commit
- compass
- compassed
- compel
- conceal
- confine
- congregate
- constrain
- constrict
- consumptive
- contain
- contract
- convalescent
- cool down
- coop
- coop up
- cooped up
- cork
- corner
- corral
- cover
- cover up
- cramp
- cramped
- curb
- decrease
- defend
- define
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- demark
- deprive
- detain
- detained
- diminish
- disenfranchise
- disfranchise
- dominate
- drape
- edge
- embrace
- emergency
- encase
- enchain
- encircle
- enclave
- enclose
- encompass
- enfold
- engulf
- enshroud
- enthrall
- entrap
- envelop
- environ
- enwrap
- fence
- fence in
- fence off
- fetter
- flattened out
- fortify
- fringe
- get hooks into
- gird
- girdle
- go around
- grounded
- guard
- hamper
- hampered
- handicap
- hang up
- hedge
- hedge in
- held
- hem
- hem in
- hobble
- hog-tied
- hold
- hold back
- hold captive
- hold down
- hold hostage
- hold in
- hold in custody
- hold prisoner
- ice
- iced
- imbue
- immure
- immured
- impede
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- imprisoned
- in chains
- in jail
- incarcerate
- incarcerated
- inclose
- include
- incommodious
- incurable
- indenture
- indisposed
- induct
- inhibit
- inmate
- insert
- intern
- inundate
- invalid
- invalided
- invest
- jail
- jailed
- keep
- keep back
- keep captive
- keep feeling inside oneself
- keep in custody
- keep secret
- keep under thumb
- keep within bounds
- keep within limits
- laid up
- lay siege to
- limit
- lock in
- lock up
- locked up
- loop
- margin
- mew
- moderate
- modify
- mure
- nab
- narrow
- obscure
- obstruct
- occlude
- on ice
- oppress
- outline
- outpatient
- overlay
- overspread
- patient
- pen
- pent
- pin down
- prelimit
- protect
- put away
- put behind bars
- put in irons
- put on ice
- put under lock and key
- qualify
- rail in
- reduce
- regulate
- remand
- repress
- restrain
- restrained
- restrict
- restricted
- rim
- ring
- roll
- round
- sealed up
- secure
- seize
- send to prison
- send up
- set apart
- shackle
- sheathe
- shield
- shorten
- shrink
- shroud
- shut
- shut in
- shut up
- shut-in
- sick
- sick person
- skirt
- stockade
- subdue
- subject
- subjugate
- sufferer
- superimpose
- suppress
- surround
- swaddle
- swathe
- take
- take prisoner
- temper
- tether
- tie
- trammel
- trap
- veil
- verge
- victim
- wall
- wall in
- work on
- work over
- wrap
- wrap up
- yoke
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