shutting

Variant of shut

shut definition

shut (s̸hut)

transitive verb shut, shutting 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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