'Shut' definitions:
Definition of 'shut'
From: WordNet
adjective
adjective
Used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" [syn: closed, shut] [ant: open, opened]
verb
Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: close, shut] [ant: open, open up]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Shut'
From: GCIDE
- Shut \Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shut; p. pr. & vb. n. Shutting.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. sch["u]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. sce['o]tan to shoot. [root]159. See Shoot.]
- 1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade. [1913 Webster]
- Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is open? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. "Shut from every shore." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book. [1913 Webster]
- To shut in. (a) To inclose; to confine. "The Lord shut him in." --Cen. vii. 16. (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts in another.
- To shut off. (a) To exclude. (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate.
- To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.
- To shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding.
- To shut up. (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house. (b) To obstruct. "Dangerous rocks shut up the passage." --Sir W. Raleigh. (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner. [1913 Webster]
- Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. --Gal. iii. 23. [1913 Webster] (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude. [1913 Webster]
- When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. --Collier. [1913 Webster] (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shut'
From: GCIDE
- Shut \Shut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shut; p. pr. & vb. n. Shutting.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. sch["u]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. sce['o]tan to shoot. [root]159. See Shoot.]
- 1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade. [1913 Webster]
- Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is open? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. "Shut from every shore." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book. [1913 Webster]
- To shut in. (a) To inclose; to confine. "The Lord shut him in." --Cen. vii. 16. (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts in another.
- To shut off. (a) To exclude. (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate.
- To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.
- To shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding.
- To shut up. (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house. (b) To obstruct. "Dangerous rocks shut up the passage." --Sir W. Raleigh. (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner. [1913 Webster]
- Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. --Gal. iii. 23. [1913 Webster] (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude. [1913 Webster]
- When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. --Collier. [1913 Webster] (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shut'
From: GCIDE
- Shut \Shut\, v. i. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard. [1913 Webster]
- To shut up, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shut'
From: GCIDE
- Shut \Shut\, a.
- 1. Closed or fastened; as, a shut door. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person. [Now dialectical or local, Eng. & U.S.] --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Phon.) (a) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g. --H. Sweet. (b) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, [a^], [e^], [i^], [o^], [u^], always are. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shut'
From: GCIDE
- Shut \Shut\, n. The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door. [1913 Webster]
- Just then returned at shut of evening flowers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A door or cover; a shutter. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding. [1913 Webster]
- Cold shut, the imperfection in a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal; also, the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shut'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ban,
- bang,
- bar,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- blank,
- blind,
- blind-alley,
- block out,
- bolt,
- bolted,
- bottle up,
- box in,
- button,
- button up,
- cease,
- cecal,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choked,
- choked off,
- clap,
- close,
- close down,
- close off,
- close up,
- closed,
- conceal,
- confine,
- constrict,
- constricted,
- contain,
- contract,
- contracted,
- coop up,
- cover,
- cut,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- dead,
- dead-end,
- debar,
- disallow,
- discontinue,
- douse,
- eliminate,
- exclude,
- fasten,
- fastened,
- fence in,
- fold,
- fold up,
- gag,
- halt,
- hide,
- immure,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- intern,
- isolate,
- jail,
- keep away,
- keep in,
- keep out,
- keep quiet,
- key,
- kill,
- latch,
- leave off,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- locked up,
- mask,
- mute,
- occlude,
- padlock,
- pen,
- plumb,
- prohibit,
- put to,
- quieten,
- screen,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- seclude,
- secure,
- segregate,
- send to Coventry,
- separate,
- sequester,
- shush,
- shut down,
- shut in,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut the door,
- shut up,
- silence,
- slam,
- snap,
- squeeze shut,
- squeezed shut,
- stifle,
- stop,
- strangle,
- strangulated,
- suspend,
- switch off,
- turn off,
- unopen,
- unopened,
- unvented,
- unventilated,
- veil,
- zip up,
- zipper
Words containing 'Shut'
- Shutting,
- To shut in,
- To shut off,
- To shut out,
- To shut up,
- shut down,
- shut in,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut up,
- Cold shut,
- To shut in the land,
- To shut together,
- put up or shut up,
- shut away,
- shut eye,
- shut-in,
- shutting post,
- Cold-shut,
- introvertish shut-in,
- open-and-shut,
- pent shut uppredicate,
- shut one's mouth,
- homebound housebound shut-in,
- keep one's mouth shut