coop (up)

verb

Definition of coop (up)next
as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers restless kids cooped up in the house on a rainy day

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coop (up)
  1. house
  2. include
  3. encase
  4. enclose
Verb
  • The remaining towers will house residential living, keep the main tower as a hotel, while welcoming businesses and office space.
    — Julia Avant, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Temporary federal detention facilities can house people with vastly different criminal histories and security classifications.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of house
Verb
  • Other Dayton-area businesses — including a Lego store and a root beer shop — temporarily altered their logos to include beavers in a show of solidarity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities have introduced new rules in recent years, including a cap on the maximum number of climbers per day and requiring them to take a brief class about hiking safety.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of include
Verb
  • But Oliver said the contractors installed the grinder pump a month ago with its own power source encased in a locked box and didn’t provide her with a key.
    — Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Parentheses encase words, keeping vulnerable admissions safe and visually private.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of encase
Verb
  • With funding from the Dia Art Foundation, Judd purchased them in 1979 and began his own restoration, replacing the garage doors that enclosed the buildings’ two long sides with a series of continuous windows.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • For Cusk, freedom involves wriggling out of the social and historical integuments that enclose a person into a bounded self.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of enclose
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“Coop (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coop%20%28up%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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