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- Dictionaryshut/SHət/
verb
- 1. move (something) into position so as to block an opening; close: "shut the window, please"
- 2. make (something) unavailable for business or service, either permanently or until due to be open again: "we shut the shop for lunch"
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The meaning of SHUT is to move into position to close an opening. How to use shut in a sentence.
to ( cause to) stop operating or being in service, either temporarily or permanently: The shops shut at eight o'clock on Wednesday evenings. It's such a shame they shut that factory (down). Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idioms. shut the front door!
SHUT meaning: 1. to (cause to) close something: 2. to (cause to) stop operating or being in service, either…. Learn more.
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: cage, imprison, jail. to bar; exclude: They shut him from their circle. Synonyms: prohibit. to cause (a factory, school, etc.) to end or suspend operations, services, or business activity:
11 meanings: 1. to move (something) so as to cover an aperture; close 2. to close (something) by bringing together the parts 3..... Click for more definitions.
1. To move or become moved so as to block passage; close: a door that shuts by itself. 2. To stop operating, especially automatically: The electricity shuts off at midnight. n. 1. The act or time of shutting. 2. The line of connection between welded pieces of metal. Phrasal Verbs: shut off. 1.
verb. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut. “ shut the window”. synonyms: close. close. become closed.
SHUT definition: 1. to close something, or to become closed: 2. When a shop, restaurant, etc shuts, it stops…. Learn more.
to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way. shut/close the door on something. to make it unlikely that something will happen.
shut (something) to make something close; to become closed Bob went into his room and shut the door behind him. I can't shut my suitcase—it's too full. She shut her eyes and fell asleep immediately.