shut
/ʃʌt/ adjective B1- Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc. · A shut door barred our way into the house.· The door banged shut with a breeze.
- Not available for use or operation. · Phone lines are now shut.
- Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public. · Banks are shut on bank holidays.
- Not receptive. · He mind is shut to new ideas.
- Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- Synonym of close.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- shut away To isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
- shut down To close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either pe...
- shut in To confine.
- shut off To stop or turn off by closing something, such as a valve.
- shut out To prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
- shut up To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
From the library
I have just to shut my eyes
Garden darkened, daisy shut,
Just as it was shut away,
Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope!
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