Analysis Complete

close up

/ close up /
verb/adverb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
"The children shut up when their father approached"
Opposites:
open up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
adverb Sense 2
very close
"without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"
"even firing at close range he missed"
verb Sense 3
block passage through
"obstruct the path"
Opposites:
free disengage
Type of:
impede hinder
Kinds of:
blockade block off barricade barricado suffocate
Derived:
blocking block interference blockage closure
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
37%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

open up impede hinder blockade block off barricade barricado suffocate free disengage