Definitions
1.VerbTo close, in various senses.
To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through."Please shut the door.; The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.; They shut the road for the festival.; If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.; He has shut his mind to new ideas.; They generally shut the museum each day at 6 pm.; The supermarket shuts at eight o'clock.; Lots of shops in the town centre have shut because of the recession.; We are shutting the phone lines at 9 pm.; They shut the airport because of a bomb scare.; Phone lines will shut in ten minutes.; Shut the file when you have finished reading data.; This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it shuts."
2.VerbTo remove or block an opening, gap or passage through."Please shut the door.; The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.; They shut the road for the festival.; If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut."
3.VerbTo make or become unreceptive."He has shut his mind to new ideas."
4.VerbTo close (a business or venue) temporarily or permanently."They generally shut the museum each day at 6 pm.; The supermarket shuts at eight o'clock.; Lots of shops in the town centre have shut because of the recession."
5.VerbTo put out of use or operation."We are shutting the phone lines at 9 pm.; They shut the airport because of a bomb scare."
6.VerbTo cease operation or cease to be available."Phone lines will shut in ten minutes."
7.VerbTo terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc."Shut the file when you have finished reading data.; This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it shuts."
8.VerbTo catch or snag in the act of shutting something."He's just gone and shut his finger in the door!"
9.VerbTo confine in an enclosed area; to enclose."I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out."
10.VerbTo isolate, to close off from the world.
11.VerbTo preclude, exclude.
12.Verbsimple past and past participle of shut
13.AdjectiveClosed, not open, in any of various senses.
Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc."A shut door barred our way into the house.; The door banged shut with a breeze.; Pleas keep your mouth shut while you are eating.; A book lay shut on the table.; I had to shut my eyes against the light.; Phone lines are now shut.; Banks are shut on bank holidays.; The museum is shut for the Christmas holidays.; He mind is shut to new ideas."
14.AdjectivePhysically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc."A shut door barred our way into the house.; The door banged shut with a breeze.; Pleas keep your mouth shut while you are eating.; A book lay shut on the table.; I had to shut my eyes against the light."
15.AdjectiveNot available for use or operation."Phone lines are now shut."
16.AdjectiveNot operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public."Banks are shut on bank holidays.; The museum is shut for the Christmas holidays."
17.AdjectiveNot receptive."He mind is shut to new ideas."
18.AdjectiveOf a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
19.AdjectiveSynonym of close.
20.AdjectiveSynonym of close.
21.AdjectiveArchaic form of shot (“discharged, cleared, rid of something”).
22.NounThe act or time of shutting; close."the shut of a door"
23.NounA door or cover; a shutter. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
24.NounThe line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
25.NounA narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.