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Shuttering

To close shutters covering.

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📖 Definitions of "Shuttering"

verb

1
To close shutters covering.
"Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!"
2
To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
"It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended."
3
To cancel or terminate.
"The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program."

noun

1
The act of closing something with shutters.
2
The winding down of a business, a publication, etc.
3
Formwork.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shuttering"

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Word	Definition
closed	Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
voletnoun	A shutter on a window.
shushingverb	The act of making a shush sound to silence somebody.
cockshutnoun	(uncountable, puristic, otherwise obsolete) Twilight, when poultry would be shut in for the night.
hushingnoun	The act of one who hushes, or calls for silence.
squelchingverb	The act of something that squelches.
shushernoun	Someone who shushes, insisting on silence
shudderingverb	An extended or continuous shudder.
blinknoun	The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
shrightnoun	(obsolete) A shriek or shrieking; sobbing.
shoutingverb	An instance of loud or highly audible acclamation, clamor, crying or uproar.
shuddernoun	A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
slutterynoun	(uncountable) The qualities or practices of a slut (promiscuous person); sluttishness; sexual promiscuity.
screechingverb	The act of producing a screech.
shriekerynoun	(rare) Shrieking.
shimmyingverb	The motion of one who shimmies; a shimmy.
slattingnoun	The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail when being hauled down.
squintingverb	The act of one who squints.
shusheenoun	(rare) A person who is shushed.
clamnoun	A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.