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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shut \Shut\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Shut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shutting}.] [OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. sch["u]tzen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. sce['o]tan to shoot. [root]159. See {Shoot}.]
1. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
2. To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
Shall that be shut to man which to the beast Is open? --Milton.
3. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out. ''Shut from every shore.'' --Dryden.
4. To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
{To shut in}. (a) To inclose; to confine. ''The Lord shut him in.'' --Cen. vii. 16. (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts in another.
{To shut off}. (a) To exclude. (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate.
{To shut out}, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof.
{To shut together}, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding.
{To shut up}. (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house. (b) To obstruct. ''Dangerous rocks shut up the passage.'' --Sir W. Raleigh. (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner.
Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. --Gal. iii. 23. (d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.
When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. --Collier. (e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shut
adjective
1: not open; "the door slammed shut" [syn: {unopen}, {closed}] [ant: {open}]
2: used especially of mouth or eyes; "he sat quietly with closed eyes"; "his eyes were shut against the sunlight" [syn: {closed}] [ant: {open}]
verb
1: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: {close}] [ant: {open}]
2: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang" [syn: {close}] [ant: {open}]
3: prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" [syn: {exclude}, {keep out}, {shut out}] [ant: {admit}] [also: {shutting}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shutting
noun: the act of closing something [syn: {closing}] [ant: {opening}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shutting See {shut}
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