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Shut

adjective
/ʃʌt/
Word Frequency: 18.7

Definitions

1.adjectiveClosed, shut.
2.adjectiveNarrow; confined.
"a close alley; close quarters"
3.adjectiveAt a little distance; near.
"Is your house close?"
4.adjectiveIntimate; well-loved.
"He is a close friend."
5.adjectiveOppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
6.adjective(Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.
7.adjective(of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
8.adjectiveStrictly confined; carefully guarded.
"a close prisoner"
9.adjectiveOut of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
10.adjectiveNearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
"a close contest"
11.adjectiveShort.
"to cut grass or hair close"
12.adjectiveDense; solid; compact.
13.adjectiveConcise; to the point.
"close reasoning"
14.adjectiveDifficult to obtain.
"Money is close."
15.adjectiveParsimonious; stingy.
16.adjectiveAdhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
"a close translation"
17.adjectiveAccurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
"The patient was kept under close observation."
18.adjectiveMarked, evident.
19.nounThe act or time of shutting; close.
"the shut of a door"
20.nounA door or cover; a shutter.
21.nounThe line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
22.verbTo close, to stop from being open.
"Please shut the door."
23.verbTo close, to stop being open.
"If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut."
24.verbTo close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
"The pharmacy is shut on Sunday."
25.verbTo confine in an enclosed area.
"I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out."
26.verbTo catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
"He's just shut his finger in the door."
27.verbTo preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
28.adjectiveClosed.
"A shut door barred our way into the house."

Synonyms

highclose bynearnearbymuggyoppressiveintimateshut outcloseexcludekeep outclosed

Antonyms

opendistantfarfar offfarawayremotealoofcool

Rhymes With

buttstrutsmutglutrutrebutcutthat
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