'COOP' definitions:
Definition of 'coop'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept [syn: cage, coop]
Definition of 'Coop'
From: GCIDE
- Coop \Coop\ (k[=oo]p), n. [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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Coop'
From: GCIDE
- Coop \Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. [1913 Webster]
- The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." --Holland.
- Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'coop'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arena,
- bar,
- beleaguer,
- beset,
- besiege,
- block,
- blockade,
- bottle up,
- bound,
- box in,
- box up,
- brooder,
- cage,
- calaboose,
- can,
- chamber,
- check,
- chicken house,
- chokey,
- cincture,
- clink,
- cloister,
- close,
- close in,
- compass,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- container,
- cooler,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cork up,
- corral,
- court,
- courtyard,
- crib,
- curtilage,
- delimited field,
- detain,
- encage,
- encircle,
- enclave,
- enclose,
- enclosure,
- encompass,
- enshrine,
- envelop,
- fence,
- fence in,
- field,
- fold,
- ground,
- hedge in,
- hell,
- hem,
- hem in,
- hencote,
- henhouse,
- hennery,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold in custody,
- hold in restraint,
- hoosegow,
- house in,
- immure,
- impede,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- inhibit,
- jail,
- jug,
- keep in,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- kennel,
- leaguer,
- limbo,
- list,
- lockup,
- mew,
- mew up,
- obstruct,
- pale,
- paling,
- park,
- pen,
- pen in,
- pen up,
- penfold,
- pinfold,
- place of confinement,
- pocket,
- pokey,
- pound,
- prison,
- purgatory,
- quad,
- quadrangle,
- quarantine,
- quod,
- rail in,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- seal up,
- shackle,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- slammer,
- square,
- stable,
- stir,
- surround,
- theater,
- toft,
- wall,
- wall in,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up
Acronyms for 'coop'
From: V.E.R.A.
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