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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

zip up en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
    • Always check if you've zipped up your fly before you go out.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To close as if with a zip fastener, especially one's mouth; to stop talking.
    • Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick) is terminally incapable of zipping it up. 1998, Monica Sullivan, VideoHound's Independent Film Guide, page 18:
    • I'll zip up.
    • I'll zip up my lip.
  3. (transitive) To convert a computer file into a smaller package.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
zips up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
zipped up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
zipped up Tense=Past lexicographic
zipping up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

unzip · undo · zip down

Deriveds

zip up one's lip

Relateds

zip-up

Synonyms

zip · do up

Translations (8)

ja …のファスナーを締める (To zip up literally with a zipper) · fi pakata (To compress a computer file) · es cerrar el riqui (To zip up literally with a zipper) · fi sulkea (To close as if with a zip) · fi sulkea (To zip up literally with a zipper) · ja 圧縮する (To compress a computer file) · es subir el síper (To zip up literally with a zipper) · fr compresser (To compress a computer file)