English abbreviation dictionary - coop
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~1 n a building for small animals, especially chickens ~2 v coop sb/sth up phr v T usually passive to restrict the freedom of someone or something by keeping them in a place that is too small + in (The fresh air felt good after being cooped up in the house for so long.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(coops) A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English cupe; akin to Old English cy?pe basket Date: 14th century 1. a cage or small enclosure (as for poultry); also a small building for housing poultry 2. a. a confined area b. jail II. transitive verb Date: 1583 1. to confine in a restricted and often crowded area — usually used with up children ~ed up in the house all day 2. to place or keep in a ~ ; pen — often used with up ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a cage placed over sitting or fattening fowls. 2 a fowl-run. 3 a small place of confinement, esp. a prison. 4 Brit. a basket used in catching fish. --v.tr. 1 put or keep (a fowl) in a coop. 2 (often foll. by up, in) confine (a person) in a small space. Etymology: ME cupe basket f. MDu., MLG kupe, ult. f. L cupa cask ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. курятник; клетка для птицы или кроликов 2. верша 3. ам. сл. тюрьма to fly the coop —- совершать побег из тюрьмы; убежать, скрыться 4. сажать в курятник, в клетку 5. разг. держать взаперти; содержать (как) в тюрьме, держать в тесном, душном помещении (также coop in, coop up) 6. небольшая куча (навоза, удобрения и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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in а) держать взаперти All last week we were cooped in the house by bad weather. Kept at home with a bad cold, I began to feel cooped in. Its unkind to coop the dog in all day. б) usu. past part. набивать битком COOP 1. noun курятник; клетка для домашней птицы 2. v. сажать в курятник, в клетку - coop in - coop up COOP up see coop in ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. cype, cypa "basket, cask," akin to M.Du. kupe, probably from L. cupa "tub, cask," from PIE *keup- "hollow mound." The verb is attested from 1563. Cooper is 12c., from L. cuparius, from cupa. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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