All lock up synonyms

verb lock up

• prescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
• indenture — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• yoke — a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1).
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
• fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• chain — A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
• direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
• harness — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
• incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
• muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
• hem — to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
• manacle — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
• mew — a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• immure — to enclose within walls.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• pen — a female swan.
• bridle — A bridle is a set of straps that is put around a horse's head and mouth so that the person riding or driving the horse can control it.
• jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
• gag — to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).
• imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
• delimit — If you delimit something, you fix or establish its limits.
• impound — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• pinion — the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
• intern — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• trap — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
• grasp — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
• cage — A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
• hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
• clamp — A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
• fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
• tighten — make more snug or secure
• bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
• adjust — When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
• circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
• button — Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
• imbue — to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
• tack — a lease, especially on farmland.
• veil — a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
• hitch — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
• circle — A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
• lash — an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
• include — to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.