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1. (adj.) shut-in
confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
2. shut-in
disposed to desire solitude; withdrawn; asocial.
3. (n.) shut-in
a person confined by infirmity or disease to the house, a hospital, etc.
Etymology: (1840–50, Amer.)
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1. (adj) invalid, shut-in
someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
2. (adj) introvertish, shut-in
somewhat introverted
3. (verb) homebound, housebound, shut-in
confined usually by illness
4. (verb) enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
surround completely
"Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
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