opsluiten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- immure verb To shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.
- incarcerate verb To put someone in prison, usually as punishment for a crime.
Senses
opsluiten is used for these senses in English:
- immure (transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
- incarcerate (chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
immure — full definition
- verb To shut someone away, often behind walls, or to cut yourself off from the world.
- verb To seal something or someone inside a wall.
- verb (technical) To trap an unwanted substance inside a material.
incarcerate — full definition
- verb To put someone in prison, usually as punishment for a crime.
- verb To keep someone or something shut inside a place.
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