Shut

/ʃʌt/

adjective

  1. Closed, shut.

  2. Narrow; confined.

    a close alley; close quarters

  3. At a little distance; near.

    Is your house close?

Synonyms: high, close by, near, nearby, muggy, oppressive, intimate

noun

  1. The act or time of shutting; close.

    the shut of a door

  2. A door or cover; a shutter.

  3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

verb

  1. To close, to stop from being open.

    Please shut the door.

  2. To close, to stop being open.

    If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.

  3. To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.

    The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.

adjective

  1. Closed.

    A shut door barred our way into the house.

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