Dictionary
shut
Pronunciation: (shut), [key]
—v., shut, shut•ting,
—adj., n.
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v.t.
1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
2. to close the doors of (often fol. by
up):
to shut up a shop for the night.
3. to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts:
Shut your book. Shut the window!
4. to confine; enclose:
to shut a bird into a cage.
5. to bar; exclude:
They shut him from their circle.
6. to cause (a business, factory, store, etc.) to end or suspend operations:
He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away. We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.
7. to bolt; bar.
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v.i.
1. to become shut or closed; close.
2. shut down,
a. to settle over so as to envelop or darken:
The fog shut down rapidly.
b. to close, esp. temporarily, as a factory; cease manufacturing or business operations.
c. Also,shut down on or upon. Informal.to hinder; check; stop.
3. shut in,
a. to enclose.
b. to confine, as from illness:
She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.
4. shut off,
a. to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off.
b. to isolate; separate:
an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.
5. shut out,
a. to keep from entering; exclude.
b. to hide from view.
c. to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.
6. shut up,
a. to imprison; confine.
b. to close entirely.
c. to stop talking; become silent:
I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.
d. to stop (someone) from talking; silence.
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adj.
1. closed; fastened up:
a shut door.
2. Phonet.checked.
3. shut of, Informal.free of; rid of:
He wished he were shut of all his debts.
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n.
1. the act or time of shutting or closing.
2. the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
