zip up

See also: zip-up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

zip up

1. To close with a zip fastener.

   Always check if you've zipped up your fly before you go out.

2. (idiomatic, transitive or intransitive) To close as if with a zip fastener.

   I'll zip up my lip.

   I'll zip up.

3. To convert a computer file into a smaller package.

Synonyms

• do up
• zip

Antonyms

• undo
• unzip
• zip down

Translations

To zip up literally with a zipper

• Finnish: sulkea (fi) (vetoketju)
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• Japanese: …のファスナーを締める (… no fasunā o shimeru)

To close as if with a zip

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To compress a computer file

• Finnish: pakata (fi) (tiedosto)
• French: compresser (fr)
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• Japanese: 圧縮する (asshuku suru)