to mure

Examples

• All

• The castle was mured for centuries.

• In her grief, she felt as if she had mured her heart away from the world.

• The cruel king ordered his enemies to be mured alive within the castle walls.

• Legends tell of a treasure mured behind a secret stone in the old abbey.

• The cruel king ordered his enemies to be mured alive within the castle walls.

• Legends tell of a treasure mured behind a secret stone in the old abbey.

• In her grief, she felt as if she had mured her heart away from the world.

Synonyms

S

to shut up

vsto mure

50 5.5

Lock someone inside a place so they cannot leave

focuses on enclosure within constructed surrounds rather than any forced locking

W

to wall

vsto mure

41 6.4

To surround an area with a wall to protect it

is about enclosure using a solid built boundary for defense or limits

W

to wall in

vsto mure

7 5.8

To build a barrier around something to keep people in or keep others out

is about being placed inside a fully surrounded often permanent structure

S

to shut in

vsto mure

5.1

Surround something completely so it cannot get out or move

applies to being confined specifically within constructed or imagined barriers

M

to mew

vsto mure

• Archaic

9.9

To shut someone in a small room and not let them leave

stresses small cramped enclosure and older literary usage rather than general confinement

Antonyms

R

to release

∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

L

to liberate

104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

How Confined

to shut in

5.1

to mure

• Archaic

9.9

to confine

215 4.2

to limit

∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

Etymology