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باللغة العربية: أَغْلَقَ، سَكَّر، قَفَّل

1. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed. · Close the door behind you when you leave.· Many flowers close at night.
2. To obstruct or block. (transitive) · They closed the road for the festival.· Ice has closed the channel to shipping.
3. To become denser or more crowded with objects. (intransitive) · As we penetrated further, the forest closed around us.
4. To make or become unreceptive. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) · He has closed his mind to new ideas.
5. To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing. (intransitive, transitive)
6. To move to a position allowing electricity to flow. (intransitive, transitive)
7. To grapple; to engage in close combat. · 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Phillip II They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest.
8. To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight. (intransitive, transitive)

الجمع close · He/she/it closes · الماضي closed · التصريف الثالث (اسم المفعول) closed · صيغة -ing closing