IMPRISON as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The suspects were imprisoned without trial
    • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
    Hypernyms(s) imprison is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • confine as if in a prison
    • he does not let them go out without a chaperone”
    Usage Example(s)
    • His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house
    Hypernyms(s) imprison is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)