closet
/ˈklɑzɪt/ verb C2- To shut away for private discussion. · The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
- To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
- To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
He/she/it closets · Past closeted · Past participle closeted · -ing form closeting
Verb forms
- Base form
- closet
- He/she/it
- closets
- Past
- closeted
- Past participle
- closeted
- -ing form
- closeting
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Morrel obeyed; the count arose, and unlocking a closet with a key suspended from his gold chain, took from it a little silver casket, beautifully carved and chased, the corners of which represented four bending figures, similar to the Caryatides, the forms of women, symbols of the angels aspiring to heaven.
But I think I’ll carry that book into the sitting room and lock it in the jam closet and give you the key.
Barrymore asked leave to speak with Sir Henry, and they were closeted in his study some little time.
The King’s Closet at the Tuileries
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