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shut `verb` [ ʃʌt ]

• move (something) into position so as to block an opening; close.

• "shut the window, please"

Similar: close, draw/pull/push to, slam, fasten, put the lid on, bar, lock, latch, padlock, secure, seal, put up the shutters,

Opposite: open, unlock,

• make (something) unavailable for business or service, either permanently or until due to be open again.

• "we shut the shop for lunch"

Origin: Old English scyttan ‘put (a bolt) in position to hold fast’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schutten ‘shut up, obstruct’, also to shoot.

be shut of

• be rid of.
"I'd be glad to be shut of him"

get shut of

• get rid of.
"the sooner we get shut of this government the better"

shut it

• used as a rude or angry way of telling someone to be quiet.
"‘Sit down and shut it’, he growled"

shut your mouth

• used as a rude or angry way of telling someone to be quiet.

shut away

• keep someone or something inside a place so as not to be seen or contacted by other people.
"Annabelle was shut away in the library for most of the day with a pile of books"

shut down

• cease business or operation.
"the company has shut down after more than four decades in business"

shut in

• keep someone or something inside a place by closing something such as a door.
"her parents shut her in an upstairs room"

shut off

• stop flowing or operating.
"when the flame goes out, the gas shuts off automatically"

shut out

• keep someone or something out of a place or situation.
"the door swung closed behind them, shutting out some of the noise"

shut up

• close all doors and windows of a building or room, typically because it will be unoccupied for some time.
"most of its stately rooms were shut up"

shut verb [ ʃʌt ]

shut `verb` [ ʃʌt ]