Meaning

• Closed, shut.

• Narrow; confined.

  "a close alley; close quarters"

• At a little distance; near.

  "Is your house close?"

• Intimate; well-loved.

  "He is a close friend."

• Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.

• (Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.

• (of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.

• Strictly confined; carefully guarded.

  "a close prisoner"

• Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.

• Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.

  "a close contest"

• Short.

  "to cut grass or hair close"

• Dense; solid; compact.

• Concise; to the point.

  "close reasoning"

• Difficult to obtain.

  "Money is close."

• Parsimonious; stingy.

• Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.

  "a close translation"

• Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.

  "The patient was kept under close observation."

• Marked, evident.

Meaning

• The act or time of shutting; close.

  "the shut of a door"

• A door or cover; a shutter.

• The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

Meaning

• To close, to stop from being open.

  "Please shut the door."

• To close, to stop being open.

  "If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut."

• To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.

  "The pharmacy is shut on Sunday."

• To confine in an enclosed area.

  "I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out."

• To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.

  "He's just shut his finger in the door."

• To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

Meaning

• Closed.

  "A shut door barred our way into the house."