einsperren — 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.
- imprison verb To put someone in prison, or to confine them against their will.
- incarcerate verb To put someone in prison, usually as punishment for a crime.
- pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
Senses
einsperren 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.
- imprison (transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
- incarcerate (chiefly, US, transitive, ) To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
- lock up (transitive) To imprison or incarcerate (someone).
- pen (transitive) To enclose in a pen.
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.
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