English > shut: 5 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Model | They want to shut the doors |
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| Example | "shut the window" |
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| Synonym | close |
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| Cause to | close, shut | Become closed |
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| Narrower | bung | Close with a cork or stopper |
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| draw | Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something |
| roll up | Close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle |
| seal, seal off | make tight |
| shutter | Close with shutters |
| slam, bang | Close violently |
| slat | Close the slats of (windows) |
| snap | Close with a snapping motion |
| See also | shut in | surround completely |
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| shut up | place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape |
| Opposite | open, open up | Cause to open or to become open |
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| Similar to | close, shut | Become closed |
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| Spanish | cerrar, clausurar, tapar |
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| Catalan | clausurar, cloure, tancar |
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| Nouns | shutter | a hinged blind for a window |
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| shutter | a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure |
| shutting | the act of closing something |
English > shut: 5 senses > verb 3, social| Meaning | prevent from entering; shut out. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "The trees were shutting out all sunlight" |
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| Synonyms | exclude, keep out, shut out |
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| Narrower | excommunicate, unchurch, curse | exclude from a church or a religious community |
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| lock out | prevent employees from working during a strike |
| ostracize, ostracise | avoid speaking to or dealing with |
| Broader | prevent, keep | Stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state |
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| Opposite | admit, let in, include | Allow participation in or the right to be part of |
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| Spanish | cerrar, exceptuar, excluir, privar |
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| Catalan | exceptuar, excloure, privar |
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| Nouns | shutter | a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure |
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