shut in[verb]Synonyms: enclose, cage, close in, coop, envelop, hem, immure, mure, pen, wall
[adjective]Synonyms: unsociable, aloof, cool, distant, offish, reserved, standoffish, touch-me-not-ish, uncompanionable, withdrawn
Antonyms: shut out
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
shut somebody in (something) phrasal verb (
see also shut)
a) if you shut someone in a room, you close the door and stop them from getting out:
Her parents shut her in an upstairs room. He pushed the dogs into the breakfast room and shut them in. b) shut yourself in (something) if you shut yourself in a room, you close the door and stay in there, and often stop other people from coming in:
Ellie darted back to her room and shut herself in. He shut himself in his room and wrote letters. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲