shut+close

  • 101shut — [[t]ʃʌt[/t]] v. shut, shut•ting, adj. n. 1) to move into a closed position: to shut a door[/ex] 2) to close the doors of (often fol. by up): to shut up a house for the night[/ex] 3) to close by bringing together the parts of: Shut your book[/ex]… …

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  • 102close off — verb 1. stem the flow of (Freq. 1) shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation • Syn: ↑shut off • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑ …

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  • 103close — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compact, dense, firm; stifling, oppressive, muggy, stale, stuffy; stingy, tight fisted, niggardly; taut; confining, constrictive; near, intimate; secretive, reticent, reserved; approximate. See… …

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  • 104shut off — verb 1. stem the flow of (Freq. 1) shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation • Syn: ↑close off • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑ …

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  • 105close up — I verb 1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent The children shut up when their father approached • Syn: ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑shut up, ↑belt up, ↑button up, ↑be quiet, ↑ …

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  • 106shut up — I verb 1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent (Freq. 6) The children shut up when their father approached • Syn: ↑close up, ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑belt up, ↑button up …

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  • 107shut — Synonyms and related words: ban, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, blank, blind, blind alley, block out, bolt, bolted, bottle up, box in, button, button up, cease, cecal, choke, choke off, choked, choked off, clap, close, close down,… …

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  • 108shut up — Synonyms and related words: anchoritic, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, be mute, be silent, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bolt, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, button, button up, cage,… …

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  • 109shut — [[t]ʃʌ̱t[/t]] ♦♦♦ shuts, shutting (The form shut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) V ERG If you shut something such as a door or if it shuts, it moves so that it fills a hole or a space. [V n] Just make… …

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  • 110shut — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Shut is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑door, ↑eye, ↑factory, ↑gate, ↑mouth, ↑shop Shut is used with these nouns as the object: ↑blind, ↑boot, ↑box, ↑briefcase, ↑ …

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