shut

En français : fermer

1. To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. (intransitive, transitive) · Please shut the door.· The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
2. To make or become unreceptive. (intransitive, transitive) · He has shut his mind to new ideas.
3. To put out of use or operation. (intransitive, transitive) · We are shutting the phone lines at 9 pm.· They shut the airport because of a bomb scare.
4. To cease operation or cease to be available. (intransitive, transitive) · Phone lines will shut in ten minutes.
5. To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc. (intransitive, transitive) · Shut the file when you have finished reading data.· This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it shuts.
6. To catch or snag in the act of shutting something. (transitive) · He's just gone and shut his finger in the door!
7. To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose. (transitive) · I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out.
8. To isolate, to close off from the world. (transitive)

He/she/it shuts · Prétérit shut · Participe passé shut · Forme en -ing shutting