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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Close \Close\ (kl[=o]z), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Closed} (kl[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Closing}.] [From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice. Cf. {Clause}, noun]
1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.
One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden.
4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.
The depth closed me round about. --Jonah ii. 5.
But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert.
{A closed sea}, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
closing \closing\ adjective final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing remarks. Opposite of {opening}. [Narrower terms: {year-end}] [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
closing \closing\ n.
1. the act of closing something.
Syn: shutting. [WordNet 1.5]
2. the last section of a communication.
Syn: conclusion, close, ending. [WordNet 1.5]
3. termination of operations.
Syn: closure, closedown, shutdown. [WordNet 1.5]
4. a concluding action.
Syn: completion, culmination, windup, mop up. [WordNet 1.5]
5. (Commerce) the final action in a commercial transaction, especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the sale; -- called also {real estate closing}. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
closing
adjective: final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks" [ant: {opening}]
noun
1: the act of closing something [syn: {shutting}] [ant: {opening}]
2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: {conclusion}, {end}, {close}, {ending}]
3: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" [syn: {closure}]
4: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" [syn: {closure}, {closedown}, {shutdown}]
5: a concluding action [syn: {completion}, {culmination}, {windup}, {mop up}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "closing": abandonment, accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, blockade, breakoff, capping, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closure, concluding, conclusion, consummative, consummatory, crowning, culminating, culminative, decline, desinence, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, eventual, final, finish, finishing, hindmost, homestretch, lag, lapse, last lap, last round, last stage, latest, latter, occlusion, perfecting, perfective, period, relinquishment, renunciation, sealing, settlement, shutdown, shutting, shutting up, signature, signing, solemnization, stop, stopping, surcease, terminal, terminating, termination, ultimate
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