shut+close
41Close vowel — Close Close (kl[=o]s), a. [Compar. {Closer} (kl[=o] s[ e]r); superl. {Closest}.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. [1913 Webster] From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden …
42shut — I verb bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, bound, bung, button, cease, choke off, clasp, daudere, cloister, close, close down, coercere, cork, corral, cover, dam, discontinue, encase, enclose, end, envelop, enwrap, fasten, fence …
43close\ one's\ eyes — • close one s eyes • shut one s eyes v. phr. To refuse to see or think about. The park is beautiful if you shut your eyes to the litter. The ice was very thin, but the boys shut their eyes to the danger and went skating. Compare: open one s eyes …
44Shut — Shut, n. The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door. [1913 Webster] Just then returned at shut of evening flowers. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A door or cover; a shutter. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 3. The line or place… …
45shut´ter|less — shut|ter «SHUHT uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a movable cover, usually one of a pair, for a window; blind: »When we shut up our cottage for the winter, we put shutters on all the windows. 2. a) a movable cover or slide for closing any opening: »Every… …
46shut|ter — «SHUHT uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a movable cover, usually one of a pair, for a window; blind: »When we shut up our cottage for the winter, we put shutters on all the windows. 2. a) a movable cover or slide for closing any opening: »Every train…had …
47Shut — Shut, v. i. To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard. [1913 Webster] {To shut up}, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] T. Hughes. [1913 Webster] …
48shut\ one's\ eyes — • close one s eyes • shut one s eyes v. phr. To refuse to see or think about. The park is beautiful if you shut your eyes to the litter. The ice was very thin, but the boys shut their eyes to the danger and went skating. Compare: open one s eyes …
49close quarters — 1753, originally nautical, and reflecting the confusion of CLOSE (Cf. close) (v.) and CLOSE (Cf. close) (adj.); now understood of proximity, but orig. closed space on ship board where last stand could be made against boarders [Weekley]. Cf. also… …
50close\ down — • close down • shut down v To stop all working, as in a factory; stop work entirely; also: to stop operations in. The factory closed down for Christmas. The company shut down the condom plant for Easter …
