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/shut/, v., shut, shutting, adj., n.v.t.1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.2. to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a shop for the night.3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts: Shut your book. Shut the window!4. to confine; enclose: to shut a bird into a cage.5. to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle.6. to cause (a business, factory, store, etc.) to end or suspend operations: He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.7. to bolt; bar.v.i.8. to become shut or closed; close.9. shut down,a. to settle over so as to envelop or darken: The fog shut down rapidly.b. to close, esp. temporarily, as a factory; cease manufacturing or business operations.10. shut in,a. to enclose.b. to confine, as from illness: She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.11. shut off,b. to isolate; separate: an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.12. shut out,a. to keep from entering; exclude.b. to hide from view.c. to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.13. shut up,a. to imprison; confine.b. to close entirely.c. to stop talking; become silent: I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.d. to stop (someone) from talking; silence.adj.14. closed; fastened up: a shut door.15. Phonet. checked.16. shut of, Informal. free of; rid of: He wished he were shut of all his debts.n.17. the act or time of shutting or closing.18. the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.[bef. 1000; ME schutten, OE scyttan to bolt (a door); akin to SHOOT]Ant. 1. open.
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