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shut - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'shut' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shut [ a.]
- Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
- Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
- 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.
- Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
2 . Shut [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Shut
3 . Shut [ n.]
- The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
- A door or cover; a shutter.
- The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
4 . Shut [ v. i.]
- To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
5 . Shut [ v. t.]
- To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
- To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
- To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
- 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.

Meaning of 'shut' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shut [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
Example in sentence:
  • Close the door;
  • shut the window
Meaning (2):
- prevent from entering; shut out
Example in sentence:
  • The trees were shutting out all sunlight;
  • This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country
Meaning (3):
- become closed
Example in sentence:
  • The windows closed with a loud bang
4 . shut [ a]
Meaning (4):
- used especially of mouth or eyes
Example in sentence:
  • he sat quietly with closed eyes;
  • his eyes were shut against the sunlight
Meaning (5):
- not open
Example in sentence:
  • the door slammed shut