'close up' definitions:
Definition of 'close up'
From: WordNet
adverb
Very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed" [syn: close up, at close range]
verb
Cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" [syn: close up, close, fold, shut down, close down] [ant: open, open up]
verb
Block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up] [ant: disengage, free]
verb
Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella" [syn: close up, close]
verb
Synonyms of 'close up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- approach,
- bang,
- bar,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- boom shot,
- button,
- button up,
- cap,
- carry to completion,
- cease,
- center,
- centralize,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- cicatrize,
- clap,
- clean up,
- climax,
- close,
- close down,
- close in,
- close off,
- close out,
- close shop,
- close tight,
- close with,
- come together,
- complete,
- concenter,
- concentralize,
- concentrate,
- conclude,
- constrict,
- contain,
- contract,
- converge,
- cover,
- crowd,
- crown,
- culminate,
- debar,
- deuce shot,
- dog,
- end,
- fall in with,
- fasten,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- fold,
- fold up,
- follow-focus shot,
- full shot,
- funnel,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get through,
- get through with,
- granulate,
- group shot,
- heal,
- heal over,
- intersect,
- jam,
- key,
- kinescope,
- knit,
- latch,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- long shot,
- matte shot,
- medium shot,
- meet,
- mop up,
- motion picture,
- narrow the gap,
- nip,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- pack,
- padlock,
- pan shot,
- panoramic shot,
- perfect,
- pinch,
- plumb,
- process shot,
- rap shot,
- retake,
- right itself,
- round out,
- run together,
- scab over,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- secure,
- set,
- shot,
- shut,
- shut down,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut the door,
- shut tight,
- shut up,
- shut up shop,
- shutter,
- slam,
- snap,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- stifle,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- suffocate,
- take,
- taper,
- terminate,
- top off,
- top out,
- travel shot,
- trucking shot,
- unite,
- wind up,
- wrap up,
- zip up,
- zipper,
- zoom shot
Words containing 'close up'
- Close,
- Closed,
- Closely,
- Closeness,
- Closing,
- To close on,
- To close with,
- close down,
- close in,
- close off,
- close out,
- close to,
- closed in,
- closing off,
- closed closed inpredicate,
- A closed sea,
- Close borough,
- Close breeding,
- Close communion,
- Close corporation,
- Close fertilization,
- Close harmony,
- Close reef,
- Close time,
- Close to the wind,
- Close vowel,
- Closed chain,
- Letters close,
- To close upon,
- To close with the land,
- at close range,
- bank closing,
- close at hand,
- close call,
- close confining,
- close order,
- close quarters,
- close set,
- close shave,
- close support,
- close together,
- closed book,
- closed circuit,
- closed corporation,
- closed couplet,
- closed curve,
- closed fracture,
- closed gentian,
- closed interval,
- closed loop,
- closed minded,
- closed primary,
- closed session,
- closed shop,
- closed universe,
- closely knit,
- closing curtain,
- closing price,
- closing time,
- come close,
- draw close,
- hold close,
- plant closing,
- Close-banded,
- Close-barred,
- Close-bodied,
- Close-fights,
- Close-stool,
- Close-tongued,
- Couple-close,
- Couple-closes,
- Still-closing,
- bringing close together,
- close supporting fire,
- close-fitting,
- close-grained,
- close-hauled,
- close-knit,
- close-minded,
- close-packed,
- close-set,
- closed-captioned,
- closed-chain,
- closed-circuit,
- closed-door,
- closed-minded,
- closed-ring,
- closely held corporation,
- closely-held,
- closely-knit,
- real estate closing,
- simple closed curve,
- close-order drill,
- close-quarter fighting,
- closed-angle glaucoma,
- closed-circuit television,
- closed-class word,
- closed-end fund,
- closed-heart surgery,
- closed-loop system,
- closed-end investment company,
- involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured