coop in

• Vieux verbe à particule signifiant confiner ou enfermer quelqu'un ou quelque chose dans un espace restreint.

An obsolete phrasal verb meaning to confine or enclose someone or something within a restricted space.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Confine or restrictinformal

   To keep someone or something in a small, enclosed space, often against their will.

   enfermer, confiner

   • The children were cooped in the house all day because of the rain.
   • He felt cooped in his tiny office with no windows.
   • The chickens are cooped in a small pen for the night.

   Synonymescageconfinecoop upencloseimprisonlock upshut in

   Antonymesfreeliberaterelease