shut
1. move so that an opening or passage is obstructed;
make shut (Freq. 10)
- Close the door
- shut the window
• Syn:
close
• Ant:
open (for: close)
• See Also:
shut up, shut in
• Derivationally related forms:
shutter, shutting, closure (for: close), closing (for: close)
• Hyponyms:
snap, slat, slam, bang, shutter,
draw, roll up, bung, seal, seal off
• Verb Group:
close
• Cause:
close
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They want to shut the doors
2. become closed (Freq. 2)
- The windows closed with a loud bang
• Syn:
close
• Ant:
open (for: close)
• Derivationally related forms:
shutter, closing (for: close)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Group:
close
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The doors shut
3. prevent from entering;
shut out (Freq. 1)
- The trees were shutting out all sunlight
- This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country
• Syn:
exclude, keep out, shut out
• Ant:
admit (for: exclude)
• Derivationally related forms:
shutter, exclusion (for: exclude)
• Hypernyms:
prevent, keep
• Hyponyms:
excommunicate, unchurch, curse, lock out, ostracize, ostracise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
1. not open (Freq. 7)
- the door slammed shut
• Syn:
unopen, closed
• Ant:
open
• See Also:
closed
2. used especially of mouth or eyes (Freq. 2)
- he sat quietly with closed eyes
- his eyes were shut against the sunlight
• Syn:
closed
• Ant:
open (for: closed)
• Similar to:
blinking, winking, compressed, tight, squinched, squinting
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