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shut
[shuht]
verb (used with object)
to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
Antonyms:to close the doors of (often followed byup ).
to shut up a shop for the night.
to close (something) by bringing together or folding its parts.
Shut your book. Shut the window!
to confine; enclose.
to shut a bird into a cage.
Synonyms: , ,to bar; exclude.
They shut him from their circle.
Synonyms:to cause (a factory, school, etc.) to end or suspend operations, services, or business activity.
He shut his store, sold his house, and moved away.
We're shutting the office for two weeks in June.
to bolt; bar.
verb (used without object)
to become shut or closed; close.
adjective
closed; fastened up.
a shut door.
Phonetics.checked.
noun
the act or time of shutting or closing.
the line where two pieces of welded metal are united.
verb phrase
to stop the passage of (water, traffic, electricity, etc.); close off.
to isolate; separate.
an outpost almost completely shut off from civilization.
to enclose.
to confine, as from illness.
She broke her leg in a fall and has been shut in for several weeks.
to imprison; confine.
to close entirely.
Informalto stop talking; become silent (often used as a rude command).
Just sit down and shut up! I thought the neighbors would never shut up and let me sleep.
Informalto stop (someone) from talking; silence.
Informal(used to express disbelief or astonishment).
You dated her in high school? Shut up!
to close, especially temporarily; end or suspend operations, services, or business activity.
to stop operating or stop the operation of (a machine).
Did you remember to shut down your computer?
InformalAlso shut down onupon to hinder; check; stop from doing or saying something.
He appeared on the talk show to shut down his critics.
Informalto defeat or outdo.
The team was able to shut down the offense.
to settle over a place so as to envelop or darken it.
The fog shut down rapidly.
Informalfree of; rid of.
He wished he were shut of all his debts.
to keep from entering; exclude.
to hide from view.
to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring, as in a game of baseball.
shut
/ ʃʌ /
verb
to move (something) so as to cover an aperture; close
to shut a door
to close (something) by bringing together the parts
to shut a book
to close or lock the doors of
to shut up a house
(tr; foll by in, out, etc) to confine, enclose, or exclude
to shut a child in a room
(tr) to prevent (a business, etc) from operating
to ignore deliberately
to refuse to think about
to render impossible
adjective
closed or fastened
noun
the act or time of shutting
the line along which pieces of metal are welded
slangto get rid of
Other 51Թ Forms
- half-shut adjective
- reshut verbreshut, reshutting
- unshut adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shut1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Which meant that hip-hop could dominate popular music while being shut out of the elite celebrity spaces that promote true pop stardom.”
"After the Oscars I shut it down for a minute and really went into the internal work and just taking a big, strong, honest look at myself."
The leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd has accused other politicians of shutting him down over calls for a Wales-wide inquiry into grooming gangs.
Bemused couples sitting in street cafés got squirted with water pistols and a luxury clothes store was pasted with stickers declaring the tourists who'd shut themselves inside unwelcome.
Lundes went from juvenile camp to juvenile camp and then to the California Youth Authority, the ineffective and poorly run state system that has since been shut down.
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