shut

B1
Pronunciation
/ʃʌt/
Noun
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

The act or time of shutting; close.

Example Sentences
  • the shut of a door
2 Definition

A door or cover; a shutter.

3 Definition

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

4 Definition

A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

Verb
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

To close, to stop from being open.

Example Sentences
  • Please shut the door.
2 Definition

To close, to stop being open.

Example Sentences
  • If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.
3 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
4 Definition

To confine in an enclosed area.

Example Sentences
  • I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.
5 Definition

To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.

Example Sentences
  • He's just shut his finger in the door.
6 Definition

To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

Adjective
19 definition(s)
1 Definition

Closed, shut.

2 Definition

Narrow; confined.

Example Sentences
  • a close alley; close quarters
3 Definition

At a little distance; near.

Example Sentences
  • Is your house close?
4 Definition

Intimate; well-loved.

Example Sentences
  • He is a close friend.
5 Definition

Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.

6 Definition

(Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.

7 Definition

(of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.

8 Definition

Strictly confined; carefully guarded.

Example Sentences
  • a close prisoner
9 Definition

Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

10 Definition

Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.

Example Sentences
  • a close contest
11 Definition

Short.

Example Sentences
  • to cut grass or hair close
12 Definition

Dense; solid; compact.

13 Definition

Concise; to the point.

Example Sentences
  • close reasoning
14 Definition

Difficult to obtain.

Example Sentences
  • Money is close.
15 Definition

Parsimonious; stingy.

16 Definition

Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.

Example Sentences
  • a close translation
17 Definition

Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.

Example Sentences
  • The patient was kept under close observation.
18 Definition

Marked, evident.

19 Definition

Closed.

Example Sentences
  • A shut door barred our way into the house.