shut

/ʃʌt/

adjective

1
Closed, shut.
2
Narrow; confined.
“a close alley; close quarters”
3
At a little distance; near.
“Is your house close?”
4
Intimate; well-loved.
“He is a close friend.”
5
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
6
(Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.
7
(of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
8
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
“a close prisoner”
9
Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
10
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
“a close contest”
11
Short.
“to cut grass or hair close”
12
Dense; solid; compact.
13
Concise; to the point.
“close reasoning”
14
Difficult to obtain.
“Money is close.”
15
Parsimonious; stingy.
16
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
“a close translation”
17
Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
“The patient was kept under close observation.”
18
Marked, evident.

1
To close, to stop from being open.
“Please shut the door.”
2
To close, to stop being open.
“If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.”
3
To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
“The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.”
4
To confine in an enclosed area.
“I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.”
5
To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
“He's just shut his finger in the door.”
6
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

1
A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

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