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Definition of 'shut'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) shutten, shetten, from (etyl) .
Verb
To close, to stop from being open.
- Please shut the door.
- The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
To close, to stop being open.
- If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut .
(transitive|or|intransitive|chiefly|British) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
- The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
* Dryden
- shut from every shore
Usage notes
Except when part of one of the derived terms listed below, almost every use of shut'' can be replaced by ''close''. The reverse is not true -- there are many uses of ''close'' that cannot be replaced by ''shut .
Derived terms
( phrasal verbs derived from shut)
* shut away
* shut down
* shut in
( rel-mid)
* shut off
* shut out
* shut up
( rel-bottom)
( single words and compounds derived from shut)
* shutdown, shut-down
* shut-eye
* shut-in
( rel-mid)
* shutout, shut-out
* shutter
( rel-bottom)
( idioms derived from shut)
* open and shut
* shut one's eyes to
* shut the door on
* shut up shop
( rel-mid)
* shut your face
* shut your mouth
* shut your trap
( rel-bottom)
Adjective
(-)
closed
Noun
( en-noun)
The act or time of shutting; close.
- the shut of a door
* Milton
- Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
A door or cover; a shutter.
- (Sir Isaac Newton)
The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
Etymology 2
Variation of (chute) or (shute) (archaic, related to (shoot)) from (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
A narrow alley]] or [[passageway|passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
Synonyms
* (alleyway) alley, gennel (Northern Ireland), ginnel (Yorkshire and Lancashire), gitty (East Midlands), jitty (Midlands), passage, snicket (Northern England), wynd (Scotland)
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