shut

shut
v
1. close, close up, close off, seal, seal up, seal off, occlude, obturate; lock, padlock, bolt, latch.
2. block, obstruct, occlude, barricade, blockade, stand in the way; stop, stay, arrest; clog, choke, congest, jam; impede, hinder, get in the way.
3. confine; imprison. See shut(defs. 7, 10 a).
4. bar. See shut(def. 9 a).
5. shut up shop, close shop, close down, close up, shutter, put up the shutters; close for the night, Inf. call it a day, lay off, Inf. knock off.
6. shut down
Informal. discontinue, suspend, cease, halt, stop, drop, break off, leave off; strike, call a strike, go out on strike, walk out, stage a walk out.
7. shut in
confine, enclose, keep in, quarantine, isolate; restrict, restrain, constrain, astrict, bind; circumscribe, hem in, pen in, fence, pale, picket, corral.
8. shut off
a. turn off, close off, switch off, kill, cut.b. isolate, separate, part, divorce, estrange; alienate, segregate, sequester, cut off or out, send to Coventry.
9. shut out
a. bar, exclude, omit, except, leave out, spurn, ostracize; reject, repudiate, debar, lock out, blackball; exile, banish, relegate, excommunicate, outlaw.b. hide, conceal, screen, veil, cover, Inf. cover up.
10. shut up
a. cage, coop, coop up, box in, bottle up; jail, imprison, incarcerate, immure, intern, embar, clap up, Sl. jug, Sl. lag.b.Informal. be silent, keep one's mouth shut, hold one's tongue, keep still or quiet, seal one's lips, keep mum, Sl. keep one's trap or yap shut, Sl. dummy up, Sl. clam up, Sl. put the lid on, Sl. button one's lip.c.Informal. silence, put to silence, hush, shush, quiet, still; gag, muzzle, stifle, Sl. put the kibosh on.
adj
11. closed, closed-up, closed-tight, shut tight; locked, latched, bolted, fixed, fastened, fast, secure.

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