1. (verb)close up, close, fold, shut down, close down cease to operate or cause to cease operating "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
2. (verb)obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up blockpassage through "obstruct the path"
3. (verb)close up, close unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
4. (adverb)close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent "The children shut up when their father approached"
5. (adverb)close up, at close range very close "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
Definitions of close up 
Afrikaans: verklein, toemaak
Arabic: يُغْلِق، يَسُد
Bulgarian: приближавам (се)
Brazilian: aproximar
Czech: stáhnout, srazit (k sobě)
German: ausfüllen
Danish: rykke sammen
Greek: συμπτύσσω
Spanish: acercar
Estonian: lähemale tulema, lähendam
Farsi: نزدیک تر کردن یا شدن
Finnish: lähentyä
French: rapprocher
Hebrew: לְקָרֵב
Hindi: निकट करना
Croatian: priključiti se
Hungarian: összevon
Indonesian: mendekatkan
Icelandic: nálgast; færa þéttar sama
Italian: avvicinarsi
Japanese: 間を詰める
Korean: 클로즈업
Lithuanian: suglausti
Latvian: saspiest ciešāk
Malay: pandangan dekat
Dutch: (doen) aansluiten
Norwegian: lukke seg, rykke sammen
Polish: zacieśnać
Persian: نزدیک تر کردن یا شدن
Pashto: نژدی کیدل
Portuguese: aproximar
Romanian: a (se) apropia
Russian: приближать
Slovak: stiahnuť
Slovenian: približati (se)
Serbian: približiti
Swedish: minska avståndet
Thai: เข้ามาใกล้
Turkish: yaklaş(tır)mak
Taiwanese: 靠近
Ukrainian: зменшувати інтервал
Urdu: قریب لانا یا قریب ہونا
Vietnamese: đưa lại gần
Chinese: 靠近
