Meaning of "prison"

prison •

n.
• • 1. a place where one is shut up against his will: bilangguan, piitan, kulungan, karsel, kalaboso
  • 2. the state penitentiary of the Philippines: bilibid

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escape

v.
• • 1. to get free from confinement, as from prison: tumakas, makatakas
  • 2. to be able to get out and away: makakawala, makaalpas, makalaya
  • 3. to elope: magtanan, lumayas
  • 4. to be free or safe from: maligtas, makaligtas
  • 5. to avoid: umiwas, iwasan

n.
• • 1. act of escaping (from prison): pagtakas
  • 2. escaping from a cage: pagkawala, pag-alpas
  • 3. eloping: pagtatanan, paglayas
  • 4. avoiding: pag-iwas

jail

n.
• • prison: bilangguan, bilibid, piitan, kulungan, kalaboso, preso

v.
• • to put in jail: magbilanggo, mabilanggo, ibilanggo, magbilibid, mabilibid, ibilibid, magkalabos, makalabos, ikalabos jam (1)

v.
• • 1. to press or squeeze tightly between surfaces (commonly used in the passive): maipit, mapasingit
  • 2. to push or thrust a thing hard into a place: magsiksik, isiksik, siksikan, magpasak, ipasak, pasakan
  • 3. to become caught so that it cannot work, as a machine, stick fast: magpalya, pumalya
  • 4. to fill or block up the way by crowding: magbara, bumara, makabara, mabarahan, barahan, humarang, makaharang, maharangan, harangan

cell

n.
• • 1. a prison cell: silid-piitan, silid sa bilangguan
  • 2. a small room as in a convent: selda
  • 3. a plant or animal cell: selula

bilibid

n.
• • prison [syn. bilangguan] ibilibid (i-)

v.
• • to tie around a twine or cord several times, to bind, to imprison. Ibilibid mo ang lubid sa poste. Tie the rope around the post.

bilangguan

n.
• • prison [syn. bilibid ]

kulong

n.
• • canal, pen, prison, cage [syn. haula, kulungan]

adj.
• • surrounded, encircled, imprisoned, jailed ikulong (i-)

v.
• • to cage, imprison. Ikulong mo ang ibon. Cage the bird. kulungan

n.
• • cage, prison (from kulong)

kalabos

Sp n.
• • prison, jail ikalabos (i-)

v.
• • imprison. Ikinalabos siya ng pulis. The police imprisoned him.