shut

Definitions of shut in various dictionaries:

verb - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed

verb - become closed

verb - prevent from entering

adj - not open

adj - used especially of mouth or eyes

To move (a door or lid, for example) so as to block passage through an opening.

To block entrance to or exit from; close: shut a corridor.

To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch.

To confine in or as if in a closed space: shut them in a cage.

To exclude from or as if from a closed space: shut the cats out of the house.

To cause to stop operating: shut down a restaurant; a school that was shut for the vacation.

To move or become moved so as to block passage; close: a door that shuts by itself.

To stop operating, especially automatically: The electricity shuts off at midnight.

The act or time of shutting.

The line of connection between welded pieces of metal.

To stop the flow or passage of; cut off: shut off the hot water by closing a valve.

To prevent (an opponent) from scoring any runs or points.

To cause (someone) to stop speaking; silence.

To stop speaking.

adj - situated within a short distance

verb - to come near or nearer to

adj - to block against entry or passage [v CLOSED, CLOSING, CLOSES] : CLOSABLE