Shut
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʃʌt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Shut is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
Meaning
(transitive, intransitive) To close, in various senses.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.
- (transitive) To confine in an enclosed area; to enclose.
- (transitive) To isolate, to close off from the world.
- (transitive) To preclude, exclude.
- simple past and past participle of shut
- Closed, not open, in any of various senses.
- (heraldry) Synonym of close.
Example Sentences
the shut of a door
shut from every shore
Just then returnd at ſhut of Evening Flours.
He's just gone and shut his finger in the door!
Word Forms
- shuts
- shutting
- shutten
Synonyms for shut
Depending on context, synonyms include alley, close, tight, exclude, compressed, closed.
Antonyms for shut
Common opposites include open, admit, include, opened.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include close, exclude, closed, compressed, tight, winking.
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