What does Shut mean?
Definitions for Shut
ʃʌtShut
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Shut.
Princeton's WordNet
shut, unopen, closedadjective
not open
"the door slammed shut"
closed, shutverb
used especially of mouth or eyes
"he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight"
close, shutverb
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
"Close the door"; "shut the window"
close, shutverb
become closed
"The windows closed with a loud bang"
exclude, keep out, shut out, shutverb
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"
Webster Dictionary
Shut
of Shut
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutverb
to close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutverb
to forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutverb
to preclude; to exclude; to bar out
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutverb
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
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutverb
to close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutadjective
closed or fastened; as, a shut door
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutadjective
rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutadjective
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
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutadjective
cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutnoun
the act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutnoun
a door or cover; a shutter
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Shutnoun
the line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding
Etymology: [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schtzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. scetan to shoot. 159. See Shoot.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shut
shut, v.t. to close, as a door: to forbid entrance into: to contract, close, or bring together the parts of: to confine: to catch in the act of shutting something.—v.i. to close itself: to be closed.—pr.p. shut′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. shut.—p.adj. made fast, closed: not resonant, dull: formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, said of consonants, as t, d, p: having the sound cut off sharply by a succeeding consonant, as the i in pin, &c.: freed from (with of).—ns. Shut′down, a discontinuance of work in a factory, &c.; Shut′ter, one who, or that which, shuts: a close cover for a window or aperture: (phot.) a device for opening and closing a lens.—v.t. to cover with shutters.—n. Shut′ter-dam, a form of movable dam having large gates opened and closed by a turbine.—Shut down, to stop working; Shut in, to enclose, to confine: to settle down, or fall (said, e.g., of evening); Shut off, to exclude; Shut out, to prevent from entering; Shut up, to close, to confine: (coll.) to cease speaking, to make one do so, to make it impossible to answer. [A.S. scyttan, to bar—sceótan, to shoot.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'Shut' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2722
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Rank popularity for the word 'Shut' in Written Corpus Frequency: #770
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Rank popularity for the word 'Shut' in Verbs Frequency: #395
Anagrams for Shut »
Huts
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Shut in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Shut in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Shut in a Sentence
This institution is a sham, and we should adjourn and shut this place down.
When you give advice about what should you be doing -- should you be out there, should you be shutting down earlier versus later ? I mean, people get confused. And they say,' Wow, you know, we shut down and we caused a great disruption in society. We caused great economic pain, loss of jobs,'.
It is natural for a man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut out eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms into beasts.
Bill Cosby should shut the f *** up ! he should have his lawyers shut the f *** up and his PR people shut the f *** up.
If it were up to the doctors, they'd say let's shut down the entire world.
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- toemaak, sluitAfrikaans
- قفل, أغلقArabic
- bağlamaq, qapamaqAzerbaijani
- зачыняць, зачыніцьBelarusian
- затварямBulgarian
- বন্ধ করাBengali
- zavřítCzech
- cauWelsh
- lukkeDanish
- schließen, zumachenGerman
- κλείνωGreek
- fermiEsperanto
- cerrarSpanish
- sulgemaEstonian
- بستنPersian
- sulkeaFinnish
- fermerFrench
- dúnIrish
- dùinScottish Gaelic
- pecharGalician
- סגרHebrew
- बंद करनाHindi
- becsukHungarian
- փակելArmenian
- sumpal, tutup, bungkamIndonesian
- lokaIcelandic
- chiudereItalian
- 閉める, 閉まる, 閉じるJapanese
- დახურვაGeorgian
- жабуKazakh
- បិទKhmer
- 닫다Korean
- داخستنKurdish
- жабуу, бекитүүKyrgyz
- claudoLatin
- ອັດLao
- uždarytiLithuanian
- aizvērtLatvian
- затвориMacedonian
- tutupMalay
- ပိတ်Burmese
- stengeNorwegian
- sluiten, dichtklappenDutch
- zamknąć, zamykaćPolish
- fecharPortuguese
- sarar, serrarRomansh
- закрыть, закрыватьRussian
- zatvoriti, затворитиSerbo-Croatian
- වහනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- zavrieťSlovak
- zapretiSlovene
- mbyllAlbanian
- stängaSwedish
- మూయుTelugu
- пӯшидан, бастанTajik
- หุบ, ปิด, งับThai
- ýapmakTurkmen
- kapatmakTurkish
- зачиняти, зачинитиUkrainian
- بند کرناUrdu
- bekitmoq, yopmoqUzbek
- đóngVietnamese
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