запере́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• lock noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
• pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.

Senses

запере́ть is used for these senses in English:

• lock (transitive) To fasten with a lock.
• pen (transitive) To enclose in a pen.
• shut up (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.

lock — full definition

1. noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
2. verb To fasten something with a lock, or to become fixed in place.
3. noun A section of a canal enclosed by gates, used to raise or lower boats between different water levels.
4. noun A strand or tuft of hair.

pen — full definition

1. noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
2. noun A small fenced enclosure for keeping animals.
3. verb To write something, especially a piece of text.
4. verb To shut an animal or person into an enclosed space.

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