shut

[[t]ʃʌt[/t]]

v. shut, shut•ting, adj. n.

1) to move into a closed position:

to shut a door[/ex]

2) to close the doors of (often fol. by up):

to shut up a house for the night[/ex]

3) to close by bringing together the parts of:

Shut your book[/ex]

4) to confine; enclose:

to shut a bird into a cage[/ex]

5) to bar; exclude:

They shut him from their circle[/ex]

6) to cause to end or suspend operations:

shutting the office for two weeks[/ex]

7) to bolt; fasten

8) to become shut or closed; close

9) phv shut down

a) to settle over a place so as to envelop or darken:

The fog shut down rapidly[/ex]

b) to cease or suspend operation

10) phv shut in

a) to enclose

b) to confine, as from illness

11) phv shut off

a) to stop the passage of

b) to isolate; separate

12) phv shut out

a) to keep from entering; exclude

b) to hide from view

c) to prevent (an opponent or opposing team) from scoring

13) phv shut up

a) to imprison; confine

b) to close entirely

c) to stop talking; become silent

d) to stop (someone) from talking; silence

14) closed; fastened up:

a shut door[/ex]

15) the act or time of shutting

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- shut one's eyes to

Etymology: bef. 1000; ME schutten, OE scyttan to bolt (a door), akin to shoot