Definitions of shut [ʃʌt]

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Definition of 'shut'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) shut
to move into a closed position:
to shut a door.

2.  shut
to close the doors of (often fol. by up):
to shut up a house for the night.

3.  shut
to close by bringing together the parts of:
Shut your book.

4.  shut
to confine; enclose:
to shut a bird into a cage.

5.  shut
to bar; exclude:
They shut him from their circle.

6.  shut
to cause to end or suspend operations:
shutting the office for two weeks.

7.  shut
to bolt; fasten.

8. (v.i.) shut
to become shut or closed; close.

9.  shut
shut down,

10.  shut
to settle over a place so as to envelop or darken:
The fog shut down rapidly.

11.  shut
to cease or suspend operation.

12.  shut
shut in,

13.  shut
to enclose.

14.  shut
to confine, as from illness.

15.  shut
shut off,

16.  shut
to stop the passage of.

17.  shut
to isolate; separate.

18.  shut
shut out,

19.  shut
to keep from entering; exclude.

20.  shut
to hide from view.

21.  shut
to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring.

22.  shut
shut up,

23.  shut
to imprison; confine.

24.  shut
to close entirely.

25.  shut
to stop talking; become silent.

26.  shut
to stop (someone) from talking; silence.

27. (adj.) shut
closed; fastened up:
a shut door.

28. (n.) shut
the act or time of shutting.

Definition of 'shut'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) shut, unopen, closed
not open
"the door slammed shut"

2. (verb) closed, shut
used especially of mouth or eyes
"he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"

3. (verb) close, shut
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
"Close the door"; "shut the window"

4. (verb) close, shut
become closed
"The windows closed with a loud bang"

5. (verb) exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
prevent from entering; shut out
"The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"

Definition of 'shut'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) shut
to close or become closed
Shut the door/window please.; as my eyes began to shut

2. shut
(of a store) to close at the end of the day
***What time do you shut?

3. (adjective) shut
≠ open
Are all the windows shut?

4. shut
not open for business
All the stores were shut.

Definition of 'shut'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) shut
closed or fastened; as, a shut door

2. (adj) shut
rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person

3. (adj) shut
formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g

4. (adj) shut
cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are

5. (noun) shut
the act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door

6. (noun) shut
a door or cover; a shutter

7. (noun) shut
the line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding

8. shut
of Shut

9. (verb) shut
to close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth

10. (verb) shut
to forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade

11. (verb) shut
to preclude; to exclude; to bar out

12. (verb) shut
to fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book

13. (verb) shut
to close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard

Translation of 'shut'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to move (a door, window, lid etc) so that it covers or fills an opening; to move (a drawer, book etc) so that it is no longer open Shut that door, please!; Shut your eyes and don't look.
Afrikaans: sluit	Arabic: يُقْفِل، يُغْلِق	Bulgarian: затварям
Brazilian: fechar	Czech: zavřít	German: schließen
Danish: lukke	Greek: κλείνω κτ.	Spanish: cerrar
Estonian: kinni panema	Farsi: بستن	Finnish: sulkea
French: fermer	Hebrew: לִסגוֹר	Hindi: बन्‍द करना
Croatian: zatvoriti, zaklopiti	Hungarian: becsuk	Indonesian: menutup
Icelandic: loka	Italian: chiudere	Japanese: 閉める
Korean: 닫다	Lithuanian: uždaryti, užverti	Latvian: aizvērt
Malay: tutup	Dutch: dichtdoen	Norwegian: lukke, stenge
Polish: zamykać	Persian: بستن	Pashto: ليرې كول، يورې خواته كول،
Portuguese: fechar	Romanian: aînchide	Russian: закрывать
Slovak: zavrieť	Slovenian: zapreti	Serbian: zatvoriti
Swedish: stänga	Thai: ปิด	Turkish: kapatmak
Taiwanese: 關上	Ukrainian: закривати; зачиняти	Urdu: دروازہ یا کھڑکی وغیرہ بند
Vietnamese: đóng	Chinese: 关上，闭上
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