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shut (s̸hut)

transitive verb shut, shut′·ting

    1. to move (a door, window, lid, etc.) into a position that closes the opening to which it is fitted
    2. to fasten (a door, etc.) securely, as with a bolt or catch
  2. to close (an opening, passage, container, etc.)
    1. to prevent or forbid entrance to or exit from; close or bar
    2. to confine or enclose in a room, cage, building, etc.
  4. to fold up or bring together the parts of (an umbrella, book, etc. or the mouth, eyes, etc.)
  5. to stop or suspend the operation of (a business, school, etc.)

Etymology: ME (W Midland) schutten < OE scyttan < base of sceotan, to cast: see shoot

intransitive verb

to move to a closed position; be or become shut

adjective

closed, fastened, or secured

noun

  1. the act or time of shutting or closing; close
  2. the connecting line between two pieces of welded metal

shut Idioms

shut down

  1. to close by lowering
  2. to descend and envelop or darken a place: said of night, fog, etc.
  3. to cease or cause to cease operating; close (a factory, etc.), usually temporarily
  4. ☆ Informal to bring to an end or restrict severely (with on or upon)

shut in

to surround or enclose; hem in

shut of

Dialectal rid of; free from

shut off

  1. to prevent the passage of (electricity, steam, etc.)
  2. to prevent passage through (a road, faucet, etc.)
  3. to separate; isolate

shut out

  1. to deny entrance or admission to; exclude (sound, a view, etc.)
  2. ☆ to prevent (an opposing side or team) from scoring in a game or from winning even one game in a series of games

shut up

  1. to enclose, confine, or imprison
  2. to close all the entrances to
  3. Informal
    1. to stop or cause to stop talking
    2. to prevent from speaking or writing freely; silence or censor

shut Synonyms

shut

modif.

closed, stopped, locked, fastened; see tight 2.

shut Synonyms

shut

v.

close up, lock, seal; see close 4.

shut Usage Examples

Object

  • door: Vulture hurried in quickly, shutting the door with a snap.
  • mouth: My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions.
  • gate: Follow the track to the gate by the bridge ( remembering to shut any previous gates which you may have opened!
  • up...i: Ok I'm going to shut up...i tend to have rants!
  • lid: The final nail in the already quite tightly shut lid of SOF II's coffin is the bad level designs.

Preposition: as

plastic: Don gets Boro off backside Gate shuts as Plastics fail to.. .

Adjective complement

due: I feel sorry for the traders in Derby, I bet loads more will shut due to lost trade.

Modifying Another Word

  • tightly: Yesterday we even had the blind blowing out behind a tightly shut window due to the draft!
  • temporarily: At certain times the odor control system will be temporarily shut down to enable engineers to safely access the equipment.
  • firmly: Doors must be shut firmly behind them to prevent anyone gaining unauthorized access to an area.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • down: Then shut down your computer in the normal way by going to Start then shut down.
  • up: Seagoon: Please, now... Eccles: Shut up.
  • off: I think there is a place where you can shut off getting emails.
  • out: Synopsis Kim Andrews shuts out her history teacher, who is telling the class about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • down: Yeah, shut down the greatest website in the world.
  • off: They fear abusive conservators will shut off life support to patients who would have chosen to live.
  • up: Terry and Carvalho will shut up shop in the center.

Particle object:

valve: When this occurs the only certain way to stop the engine is by the operation of an air intake shut down valve.

Particle object:

shop: Terry and Carvalho will shut up shop in the center.