shutting

transitive verb shut, shutting

1. 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.)
3. 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.)

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

intransitive verb

adjective

noun

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