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Closes

An end or conclusion.

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noun
  1. 1

    An end or conclusion.

    "We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close."

  2. 2

    The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.

  3. 3

    A grapple in wrestling.

  4. 4

    The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.

verb
  1. 1

    (physical) To remove a gap.

  2. 2

    (social) To finish, to terminate.

  3. 3

    To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.

  4. 4

    To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

noun
  1. 1

    (chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.

  2. 2

    (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.

  3. 3

    A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.

  4. 4

    The common staircase in a tenement.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Closes"

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WordDefinition
confininglimiting; restrictive
restrainedHeld back, limited, kept in check or under control.
endverb(intransitive) To conclude; to bring something to an end.
terminusnounThe end or final point of something.
finisnounOf a book or other work: the end.
conclusionnounThe end, finish, close or last part of something.
endingnounA termination or conclusion.
finishverb(transitive) To complete (something).
shutverb(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
shut downverb(transitive) To close, terminate, or end.
close downverb(ambitransitive) To stop trading as a business.
close-setset close together
hand-to-handEspecially, describing fighting (armed or unarmed) done within reach rather than at range.
lastverb(intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
tightverbFirmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
close at handNear spatially or temporally.
close togetherNear each other in time or space.
secretiveHaving an inclination to secrecy.
nearerLess distant; comparative form of near: more near.
fillverb(transitive, ergative) To make full

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