coop /ˈkup, ˈkʊp/
籠,雞舍(v.)監獄,禁閉,把…關進籠子里
Coop n.
1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.]
2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
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.
The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden.
The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke.
2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] “Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.”
Syn: -- To crowd; confine; imprison.
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co-op
n : a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by
farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods
and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
[syn: cooperative]
coop
n 1: a farm building for housing poultry [syn: chicken coop, hencoop,
henhouse]
2: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or
animals are kept [syn: cage]