| ADVERB | all | close up, at close range | very close |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | social | close up, close, fold, shut down, close down | cease to operate or cause to cease operating |
| contact | close up, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block | block passage through | |
| contact | close up, close | unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of | |
| communication | close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum | refuse to talk / talk or stop talking / talking |
| Meaning | Very close. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up" | |
| Synonym | at close range | |
| Meaning | Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "close up the shop" | |
| Synonyms | close, fold, shut down, close down | |
| Narrower | adjourn, withdraw, retire | break from a meeting or gathering |
| Opposite | open, open up | start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning |
| Spanish | cerrar, clausurar | |
| Catalan | clausurar, plegar, tancar | |
| Meaning | Block passage through. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block | |
| Narrower | barricade, barricado | block off with barricades |
| barricade | prevent access to by barricading | |
| barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar | Render unsuitable for passage | |
| blockade, block off | obstruct access to | |
| clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul | Become or cause to become obstructed | |
| dam, dam up | obstruct with, or as if with, a dam | |
| land up, earth up | Block with earth, as after a landslide | |
| screen, block out | prevent from entering | |
| suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | |
| tie up | Restrain from moving or operating normally | |
| Broader | impede, hinder | Be a hindrance or obstacle to |
| Opposite | free, disengage | Free or remove obstruction from |
| Spanish | bloquear, entorpecer, estorbar, obstaculizar, obstruir, ocluir | |
| Catalan | blocar, obstruir | |
| Meaning | Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "close up an umbrella" | |
| Synonym | close | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Meaning | refuse to talk / talk or stop talking / talking; fall silent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum | |
| Opposite | open up | talk / talk freely and without inhibition |
| Spanish | callarse, callar, silenciar | |
| Catalan | callar | |
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