From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coop \Coop\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Cooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooping}.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.
The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden.
The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke.
2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] ''Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.'' --Holland.
Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
co-op \co"-op\ (k[=o]"[o^]p), noun [ contraction of co-operative enterprise.] a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners.
Syn: cooperative, coop. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coop \Coop\ (k[=oo]p), noun [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See {Cup}, and cf. {Keeve}.]
1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson.
2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners [syn: {cooperative}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a farm building for housing poultry [syn: {chicken coop}, {hencoop}, {henhouse}]
2: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept [syn: {cage}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "coop": arena, bar, beleaguer, beset, besiege, block, blockade, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, brooder, cage, calaboose, can, chamber, check, chicken house, chokey, cincture, clink, cloister, close, close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, container, cooler, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, cork up, corral, court, courtyard, crib, curtilage, delimited field, detain, encage, encircle, enclave, enclose, enclosure, encompass, enshrine, envelop, fence, fence in, field, fold, ground, hedge in, hell, hem, hem in, hencote, henhouse, hennery, hinder, hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, hoosegow, house in, immure, impede, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, inhibit, jail, jug, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, kennel, leaguer, limbo, list, lockup, mew, mew up, obstruct, pale, paling, park, pen, pen in, pen up, penfold, pinfold, place of confinement, pocket, pokey, pound, prison, purgatory, quad, quadrangle, quarantine, quod, rail in, restrain, restrict, seal up, shackle, shrine, shut in, shut up, slammer, square, stable, stir, surround, theater, toft, wall, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up
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