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einsperren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • immure verb To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
  • imprison verb To put someone in prison, or to confine them against their will.
  • incarcerate verb To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
  • 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

  1. verb To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.
  2. verb To put or bury within a wall.
  3. verb To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.

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